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## 1 Chronicles 6:16-48 in Context (Verses 13–51 KJV)
 
 [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,*
 
 [34 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/34) The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
 
 [35 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/35) The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
 
 [36 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/36) The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
 
 [37 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/37) The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
 
 [38 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/38) The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/39) And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, *even* Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
 
 [40 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/40) The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
 
 [41 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/41) The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
 
 [42 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/42) The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
 
 [43 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/43) The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
 
 [44 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/44) 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 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/45) The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
 
 [46 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/46) The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
 
 [47 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/47) The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
 
 [48 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/48) Their brethren also the Levites *were* appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
 
 [49 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/49) ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, *and were 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 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/50) And these *are* the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
 
 [51 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/51) Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
 
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