# 1 Chronicles 9 (New King James Version)
Priests and Levites in Jerusalem

##### Chapter 9
###### 1 So all Israel was recorded by genealogies, and indeed, they _were_ inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel. But Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.  
###### 2 And the first inhabitants who _dwelt_ in their possessions in their cities _were_ Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.Dwellers in Jerusalem

###### 3 Now in Jerusalem the children of Judah dwelt, and some of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:  
###### 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the descendants of Perez, the son of Judah.  
###### 5 Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.  
###### 6 Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren--six hundred and ninety.  
###### 7 Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;  
###### 8 Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;  
###### 9 and their brethren, according to their generations--nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men _were_ heads of a father's _house_ in their fathers' houses.The Priests at Jerusalem

###### 10 Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;  
###### 11 Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God;  
###### 12 Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;  
###### 13 and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses--one thousand seven hundred and sixty. _They were_ very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.The Levites at Jerusalem

###### 14 Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;  
###### 15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;  
###### 16 Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.The Levite Gatekeepers

###### 17 And the gatekeepers _were_ Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum _was_ the chief.  
###### 18 Until then _they had been_ gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King's Gate on the east.

###### 19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father's house, the Korahites, _were_ in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the Lord.  
###### 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the Lord _was_ with him.  
###### 21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah _was_ keeper of the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

###### 22 All those chosen as gatekeepers _were_ two hundred and twelve. They were recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted office.  
###### 23 So they and their children _were_ in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment.  
###### 24 The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south.  
###### 25 And their brethren in their villages _had_ to come with them from time to time for seven days.  
###### 26 For in this trusted office _were_ four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.  
###### 27 And they lodged _all_ around the house of God because they _had_ the responsibility, and they _were_ in charge of opening _it_ every morning.Other Levite Responsibilities

###### 28 Now _some_ of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought them in and took them out by count.  
###### 29 _Some_ of them _were_ appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices.  
###### 30 And _some_ of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

###### 31 Mattithiah of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the trusted office over the things that were baked in the pans.  
###### 32 And some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites _were_ in charge of preparing the showbread for every Sabbath.

###### 33 These are the singers, heads of the fathers' _houses_ of the Levites, _who lodged_ in the chambers, _and were_ free _from other duties;_ for they were employed in _that_ work day and night.  
###### 34 These heads of the fathers' _houses_ of the Levites _were_ heads throughout their generations. They dwelt at Jerusalem.The Family of King Saul

###### 35 Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name _was_ Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.  
###### 36 His firstborn son _was_ Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,  
###### 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.  
###### 38 And Mikloth begot Shimeam. They also dwelt alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren.  
###### 39 Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.  
###### 40 The son of Jonathan _was_ Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begot Micah.  
###### 41 The sons of Micah _were_ Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.  
###### 42 And Ahaz begot Jarah; Jarah begot Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza;  
###### 43 Moza begot Binea, Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

###### 44 And Azel had six sons whose names _were_ these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these _were_ the sons of Azel.