Simeon's posterity. B. C. 1300, &c. || Or, Jemuel, Gen. 46. 10. Num. 26. 12. || Or, Jachin, Zohar. + Heb. unto. h Josh. 19. 2. || Or, Balah, Josh. 19. 3. I. CHRONICLES. 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. | The line of Reuben. &c. destroyed them utterly unto this day, B. C. 1300, 42 And some of them, even of the k 24 T The sons of Simeon were, Ne- 43 And they smote the rest of the See 1 Sam. 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had CHAPTER V. The line of Reuben unto the captivity. 11 The a not many children, neither did all Now the sons of Reuben the first- h 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, || Or, Eltolad, and at || Tolad, Josh. 19. 4. Il Or, Hazar- || Or, Ether, Josh. 19. 7. || Or, Baalath- || Or, as they + Heb.coming. about 715. 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 15. 8. & 30. 17. & 2 Sam. 8. 12. a Gen. 29. 32. & 49. 3. b Gen. 35. 22. & 49. 4. c Gen. 48. 15, 22. born of Israel, for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he 'defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright: 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Jo-Or, prince. 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Ha-seph's : 32 And their villages were, "Etam, 33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; 38 These + mentioned by their names were princes in their families and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39 ¶ And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Ju12 Kings 18.8. dah, and ismote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and dGen.49.8, 10. Ps. 60. 7. & 108. 8. e Mic. 5. 2. Matt. 2. 6. Gen. 46. 9. Ex. 6. 14. Or, Tiglathpileser, 2 Kings 15.29. & 16. 7. 7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their g See ver. 17. generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, iah, ver. 4. 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt Or, Shemain 1Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal- |h Josh. 13. 15, meon: 16. 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of i Josh. 22. 9. Gilead. The sons of Merari. B. C. about 1300, &c. || Or, Zuph, ver. 35. 1 Sam. 1. 1. Seever.35,36. over. 34, Toah. p ver. 34, Eliel. I Called also Joel, ver. 33. & 1 Sam. 8. 2. about 1280, &c. q ch. 16. 1. † Heb. stood. || ver. 26, Nahath. || Or, Zophai. || ver. 24, Shaul, Uzziah, Uriel. r Ex. 6. 24. 8 See ver. 21. || Called Jedu- 25 And the sons of Elkanah; "Am- | were appointed unto all manner of 26 As for Elkanah: the sons of El- | t 49 ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, 27 P Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and "on the altar of incense, and were Elkanah his son. 28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. 29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwellingplace of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that † waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of || Toah, 35 The son of | Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of "Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, r 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, X 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 ¶ Now these are their dwelling-| Josh. 21. places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 12. 55 And they gave them Hebron in y Josh. 21. 11, the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. а 57 And a to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, z Josh. 14. 13. & 15. 13. a Josh. 21. 13. Josh. 21. 15. 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Or, Holon, Debir with her suburbs, Josh. 21. 16. Josh. 21. 18. 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, Or, Ain, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin Geba with her suburbs, and | Alemeth | Or, Almon, with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. 61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that b ver. 66. tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. C 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the 42 The son of Ethan, the son of tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Ma- 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites nasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. d 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the c Josh. 21. 5. d Josh. 21. 7, 34. |