The Descendants of Levi

6 The sons of Levi:

• Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.


• 2 The sons of Kohath:
  • Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
  
  
• 3 The children of Amram:
  • Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
  
  
• The sons of Aaron:
• Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.


• 4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,
  
• Phinehas was the father of Abishua,


• 5 Abishua was the father of Bukki,
  
• Bukki was the father of Uzzi,


• 6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah,
  
• Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,


• 7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah,
  
• Amariah was the father of Ahitub,


• 8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok,
  
• Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,


• 9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah,
  
• Azariah was the father of Johanan,


• 10 Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,


• 11 Azariah was the father of Amariah,
  
• Amariah was the father of Ahitub,


• 12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok,
  
• Zadok was the father of Shallum,


• 13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah,
  
• Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,


• 14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah,
  
• and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.[fn]


• 15 Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi:

• Gershom,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.


• 17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom:
  • Libni and Shimei.
  
  
• 18 The sons of Kohath:
  • Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
  
  
• 19 The sons of Merari:
  • Mahli and Mushi.
  
  

These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

• 20 Of Gershom:
  • Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
  
  
• 22 The descendants of Kohath:
  • Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph [fn] his son, Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
  
  
• 25 The descendants of Elkanah:
  • Amasai, Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah his son,[fn] Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 27 Eliab [fn] his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.[fn]
  
  
• 28 The sons of Samuel:
  • Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.[fn]
  
  
• 29 The descendants of Merari:
  • Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.