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Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.

Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

…and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.

…and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.

…and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.

Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,

Jediael son of Shimri and his brother Joha the Tizite,

…they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;

…from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;

…from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;

…from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;

…from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;

…and from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.

And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

…and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

On that day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,

…along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

And he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

…and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

The brother of Micah: Isshiah; from the sons of Isshiah: Zechariah.