<p class="bodytext">The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">These were the sons of Etam:p> <p class="bodytext">Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.p>

<p class="bodytext">Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Hodiah&#8217;s wife, the sister of Naham:p> <p class="bodytext">the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.p>

These who are named above were the leaders of their clans.p> <p class="bodytext">Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.

Their relatives, listed according to their families,<n id="1" /> included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber &#8211; seven in all.p>

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors<n id="1" /> and worshiped instead<n id="2" /> the gods of the native peoples<n id="3" /> whom God had destroyed before them.

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Merari:p> <p class="bodytext">Mahli and Mushi.p> <p class="bodytext">These are the clans of the Levites by their families.<n id="1" />p>

There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The sons of Manasseh:p> <p class="bodytext">Asriel, who was born to Manasseh&#8217;s Aramean concubine.<n id="1" /> She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

<p class="bodytext">These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath:

Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons; they were family leaders.

Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.p>

<p class="bodytext">The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary<n id="1" /> and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks.

These were the family leaders of the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records. They lived in Jerusalem.p>

along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.p>

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Shimei:p> <p class="bodytext">Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran &#8211; three in all.p> <p class="bodytext">These were the leaders of the family of Ladan.p>

<p class="bodytext">Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.p>

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Mushi:p> <p class="bodytext">Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.p> <p class="bodytext">These were the Levites, listed by their families.p>

<p class="bodytext">His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected.