¹The divisions of Aaron’s descendants were as follows:The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ²Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.³David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities. ⁴The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. ⁵They divided them by lots, for there were officials of the Holy Place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. ⁷The first lot went to Jehoiarib,the second to Jedaiah, ⁸the third to Harim,the fourth to Seorim, ⁹the fifth to Malkijah,the sixth to Mijamin, ¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz,the eighth to Abijah, ¹¹the ninth to Jeshua,the tenth to Shecaniah, ¹²the eleventh to Eliashib,the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³the thirteenth to Huppah,the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah,the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir,the eighteenth to Happizzez, ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiah,the twentieth to Jehezkel, ¹⁷the twenty-first to Jakin,the twenty-second to Gamul, ¹⁸the twenty-third to Delaiah,the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. ¹⁹This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him.²⁰The rest of the Levites included: Shubael from the sons of Amram,Jehdeiah from the sons of Shubael, ²¹the firstborn Isshiah from Rehabiah and the sons of Rehabiah, ²²Shelomoth from the Izharites,Jahath from the sons of Shelomoth. ²³The sons of Hebron: Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴The son of Uzziel: Micah;Shamir from the sons of Micah. ²⁵The brother of Micah: Isshiah.Zechariah from the sons of Isshiah. ²⁶The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.The son of Jaaziah: Beno. ²⁷The sons of Merari, from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. ²⁹From Kish: Jerahmeel. ³⁰The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.These were the Levites, listed by their families. ³¹Like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with those of the youngest.