New King James Version

1 Chronicles 6:1-18 New King James Version (NKJV)

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

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

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

4. Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua;

5. Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi;

6. Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;

7. Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

8. Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;

9. Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan;

10. Johanan begot Azariah (it was he who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem);

11. Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

12. Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum;

13. Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah;

14. Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.

15. Jehozadak went into captivity when the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16. The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

17. These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.

18. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.