1 Chronicles 6:19

6:19 The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi.

These are the clans of the Levites by their families. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 6:48

6:48 The rest of their fellow Levites ²  were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary. ³ 

1 Chronicles 6:64

6:64 So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 9:2

9:2 The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 9:14

9:14 From the Levites:

Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah a descendant of Merari;

1 Chronicles 9:31

9:31 Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son ⁵  of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings.

1 Chronicles 9:33-34

9:33 The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary ⁶  and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks. 9:34 These were the family leaders of the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records. They lived in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 15:11

15:11 David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, along with the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

1 Chronicles 15:14

15:14 The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 15:22

15:22 Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter; ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 23:26-27

23:26 So the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service.” 23:27 According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted. ⁸ 

1 Chronicles 24:30

24:30 The sons of Mushi:

Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.

These were the Levites, listed by their families.

1 Chronicles 26:17

26:17 Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs.

¹ tn Heb “by their fathers.”

² tn Heb “their brothers, the Levites.”

³ tn Heb “were assigned to all the work of the tabernacle of the house of God.”

³ tn Heb “and the inhabitants, the first who [were] in their property in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.”

⁴ tn The word “son” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

⁵ tn Heb “were in rooms.” The words “at the sanctuary” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁶ tn Heb “and Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, with lifting up, supervising with lifting up, for he was well-informed.” The precise nuance of מַשָּׂא (masa’, “lifting up”) is unclear. Some understand it as a reference to supervising the singing and music (e.g., NIV: “Kenaniah…was in charge of the singing”; NEB: “Kenaniah…was precentor in charge of the music”).

⁷ tn Heb “for by the final words of David, they were the number of the sons of Levi, from a son of twenty years and upward.”