<t /><p class="bodytext">The divisions of Aaron&#8217;s descendants were as follows:p> <p class="bodytext">The sons of Aaron:p> <p class="bodytext">Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.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>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The divisions of the gatekeepers:p> <p class="bodytext">From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.p>

and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.p>

He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.p>

<p class="bodytext">The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war.<n id="1" />

On the border of Manasseh&#8217;s territory were Beth-Shean<n id="1" /> and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo<n id="2" /> and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel&#8217;s son, lived here.p>

The 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.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:p> <p class="bodytext">The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel;p> <p class="bodytext">the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;p>

<p class="bodytext">Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.p>

Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Shelah son of Judah:p> <p class="bodytext">Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea,

<p class="bodytext">Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah.

<p class="bodytext">These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Beker:p> <p class="bodytext">Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker.

All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.p>

<p class="bodytext">Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn,<n id="1" /> followed by Ishmael, Sheariah,<n id="2" /> Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.p>

The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers.<n id="1" /> They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150.p> <p class="bodytext">All these were the descendants of Benjamin.p>

<p class="bodytext">Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn,<n id="1" /> followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.p>

The Philistines stayed right on the heels of<n id="1" /> Saul and his sons. They<n id="2" /> struck down Saul&#8217;s<n id="3" /> sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.