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5.23 And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.

And they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them. And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. Eleazar begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua; and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi; and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth; Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz; and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan; and Johanan begot Azariah—he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem—:and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum; and Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah; and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak; and Jehozadak went into captivity, when the carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. The sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son; Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son; Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son; Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son; Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. And the sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni; then Abiah.

The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son; Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the, after that the ark had rest. And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the in Jerusalem; and they took their station at their service according to their order. And these are they that took their station, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel; the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah; the son