English Standard Version

1 Chronicles 6:1-16 English Standard Version (ESV)

1. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4. Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,

5. Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,

6. Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,

7. Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

8. Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,

9. Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,

10. and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).

11. Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

12. Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum,

13. Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah,

14. Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;

15. and Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16. The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.