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## 1 Chronicles 6:1-30 in Context (Verses 1–33 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/1) The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.*
 
 [2 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/2) And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/3) And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/4) ¶ Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
 
 [5 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/5) And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
 
 [6 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/6) And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
 
 [7 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/7) Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
 
 [8 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/8) And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
 
 [9 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/9) And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
 
 [10 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/10) And Johanan begat Azariah, (he *it is* that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/11) And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
 
 [12 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/12) And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,*
 
 [13 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/13) And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
 
 [14 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/14) And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
 
 [15 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/15) And Jehozadak went *into captivity*, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/16) ¶ The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.*
 
 [17 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/17) And these *be* the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/18) And the sons of Kohath *were*, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/19) The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these *are* the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/20) Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
 
 [21 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/21) Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.***
 
 [22 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/22) The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,*
 
 [23 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/23) Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
 
 [24 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/24) Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/25) And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/26) *As for* Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,*
 
 [27 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/27) Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
 
 [28 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/28) And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.*
 
 [29 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/29) The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
 
 [30 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/30) Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
 
 [31 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/31) 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 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/32) And they ministered before the dwelling place 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 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/33) 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,*
 
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