1 Chronicles 6

1 Chronicles · Chapter 6

1 Chronicles 6:32

1The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.3And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.4Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,5And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,6And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,7Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,8And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,9And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,10And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)11And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,12And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,13And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,14And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,15And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.18And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,23Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.25And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.26As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.33And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,35The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,41The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.44And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,45The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,46The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.48Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.49But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.50And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.54Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.56But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,58And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,59And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.61And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.62And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.63Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.66And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.67And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,68And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,69And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:70And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.71Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:72And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,73And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:74And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,75And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:76And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.77Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:78And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,79Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:80And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,81And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

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32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and they wereוַיִּהְי֨וּvai-yih-YUH1961
to be

הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …

servingמְשָׁרְתִ֜יםme-sha-re-TIMH8334
to minister

שָׁרַת (sha.rat) (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to

to beforeלִפְנֵ֨יlif-NEIH6440G
face: before

פָּנֶה (pa.neh) : before/to/front 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

[the] tabernacle ofמִשְׁכַּ֤ןmish-KANH4908
habitation

מִשְׁכַּן (mish.kan) abode (of God) Aramaic of mish.kan (מִשְׁכָּן "tabernacle" H4908)

[the] tent ofאֹֽהֶל־'o-hel-H0168G
tent

אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) : tent 1) tent 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience 1b) dwelling, home, habitation 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle) Also means: o.hel (אֹ֫הֶל ": home" H0168H)

meetingמוֹעֵד֙mo-'EDH4150I
meeting: time appointed

מוֹעֵד (mo.ed) : time_appointed 1) appointed place, appointed time, meeting 1a) appointed time 1a1) appointed time (general) 1a2) sacred season, set feast, appointed season 1b) appointed meeting 1c) appointed place 1d) appointed sign or signal 1e) tent of meeting

with the songבַּשִּׁ֔ירba-SHIRH7892A
song

שִׁיר (shir) 1) song 1a) lyric song 1b) religious song 1c) song of Levitical choirs Also means: shi.rah (שִׁירָה "song" H7892B)

untilעַד־'ad-H5704
till

עַד (ad) prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even Aramaic equivalent: ad (עַד "till" H5705)

builtבְּנ֧וֹתbe-NOTH1129
to build

בְּנָה (be.nah) 1) to build 1a) (P'al) to build 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built

Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe-lo-MOHH8010
Jedidiah

יְדִידְיָה (ye.did.yah) A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.14; son of: David (H1732) and Bathsheba (H1339); brother of: Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727) and Nathan (H5416); half-brother of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Absalom (H0053), Adonijah (H0138), Shephatiah (H8203), Ithream (H3507), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Japhia (H3309I), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N); married to daughter_of_Pharaoh (H6547P) and Naamah (H5279A); …

[the] house ofבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004QNo entry
Yahwehיְהוָ֖הYAH-wehH3068G
Lord

אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi-ru-sha-LIMH3389
Ariel

אֲרִיאֵל (a.ri.el) Ariel = "lion of God" or "lioness of God" Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

and they stoodוַיַּעַמְד֥וּvai-ya-'am-DUH5975H
to stand: stand

עָמַד (a.mad) : stand/stop/establish 1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of 1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease 1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast 1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground 1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright 1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against …

according to custom theirכְמִשְׁפָּטָ֖םkhe-mish-pa-TAMH4941J
justice: judgement

מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) : judgement/punishment 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

onעַל־'al-H5921A
upon

עַל (al) prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) …

service theirעֲבוֹדָתָֽם׃a-vo-da-TAMH5656H
service

עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) : service[as_servant/slave] 1) labour, service 1a) labour, work 1b) labour (of servant or slave) 1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects) 1d) service (of God)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.