CHAPTER 9

¹And all Israel traced their lineage, and, look, they are written down in the book of kings of Israel and Judah. They were exiled to Babylonia because of their betrayal. ²And the first settlers who were in their holdings in their towns were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the temple laborers. ³And in Jerusalem there dwelled from the sons of Judah and from the sons of Benjamin and from the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh, ⁴Uthai son of Ammihud son of Omri son of Imri son of Bani, of the sons of Perez son of Judah, ⁵And of the Shilonite, Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. ⁶And of the sons of Zerah, Jeuel and their six hundred ninety kinsmen. ⁷And of the sons of Benjamin, Sallu son of Meshullam son of Hodaviah son of Hassenuah, ⁸and Ibneiah son of Jeroham and Elah son of Uzzi son of Michri and Meshullam son of Shephatiah son of Reuel son of Ibneiah. ⁹And their kinsmen by their generations were nine hundred fifty-six. All these were men who were heads of their patriarchal houses. ¹⁰And of the priests, Jedaiah and Jehoiarib and Jachin, ¹¹and Azariah son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub, prince of the house of God, ¹²and Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pashhur son of Malchijah, and Maasiai son of Adiel son of Jahzerah son of Meshullam son of Meshillemith son of Immer, ¹³and their brothers heads of their patriarchal houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty valiant warriors, the force for the task of the service of the house of God. ¹⁴And of the Levites, Shemaiah son of Hasshub son of Azrikam son of Hashabiah from the sons of Merari, ¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, Mattaniah son of Micah son of Zichri son of Asaph, ¹⁶and Obadiah son of Shemaiah son of Galal son of Jeduthun and Berechiah son of Asa son of Elkanah, who dwelled in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷And the gatekeepers, Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers, with Shallum the head, ¹⁸and till now in the King’s Gate on the east they have been the gatekeepers for the camps of the sons of Levi, ¹⁹and Shallum son of Kore son of Ebiasaph son of Korah and his brothers of his Korahite patriarchal house over the task of the service, guardians of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, guardians of the entrance. ²⁰And Phineas son of Eleazar the prince was formerly over them. The LORD was with him. ²¹Zechariah son of Meshelemiah gatekeeper of the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. ²²All of them picked men as the gatekeepers at the thresholds, two hundred twelve they were, in their villages they traced their lineage. David and Samuel the seer had established them in their trust, ²³and they and their sons were over the gates of the house of the LORD, the house of the Tent, in watches. ²⁴In four directions were the gatekeepers, to the east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brothers in the villages were to come for seven days with these at set times. ²⁶For in trust were the four commanding gatekeepers—they were Levites—and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷And round about the house of God they would spend the night, for the watch was upon them, and they were over the opening from morning to morning. ²⁸And some of them were over the service vessels, for by count they would bring them in and by count take them out. ²⁹And some of them were appointed over the vessels and over all the sacred vessels and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices. ³⁰And some of the sons of the priests compounded the mixture for the spices. ³¹And Mattithiah of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in trust over the preparation of baked goods. ³²And some of the sons of Kohath, of their brothers, were over the preparing of the display bread each sabbath. ³³And these choristers, heads of the patriarchal houses of the Levites, in the chamber, were exempt, for day and night the task was upon them. ³⁴These heads of the patriarchal house of the Levites by their generations, these heads dwelled in Jerusalem. ³⁵And Jeiel father of Gibeon dwelled in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maachah. ³⁶And his firstborn son was Abdon, and then Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab, ³⁷and Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth. ³⁸And Mikloth begat Shimam, and they too dwelled in Jerusalem before their brothers, with their brothers. ³⁹And Ner begot Kish, and Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan and Malchi-Shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal. ⁴⁰And Jonathan’s son was Meri-baal, and Meribaal begot Micah. ⁴¹And the sons of Micah were Pithon and Melech and Tarea. ⁴²And Ahaz begot Jarah and Jarah begot Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri begot Moza. ⁴³And Moza begot Binea and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ⁴⁴And Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam his firstborn and Bocheru and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.