Bible Verses About The Levites

[The descendants] of Gershom: his son Livni, his son Yachat, his son Zimah,

his son Yo'ach, his son 'Iddo, his son Zerach, his son Ye'atrai.

The descendants of K'hat: his son 'Amminadav, his son Korach, his son Asir,

his son Elkanah, his son Evyasaf, his son Asir,

his son Tachat, his son Uri'el, his son 'Uziyah and his son Sha'ul.

The sons of Elkanah: 'Amasai and Achimot.

As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: his son Tzofai, his son Nachat,

his son Eli'av, his son Yerocham and his son Elkanah.

The sons of Sh'mu'el: Vashni the firstborn, then Aviyah.

The descendants of M'rari: Machli, his son Livni, his son Shim'i, his son 'Uzah,

his son Shim'a, his son Hagiyah and his son 'Asayah.

David appointed them to be in charge of the service of song in the house of ADONAI after the ark had found a permanent resting place.

They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of ADONAI in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order.

Those who carried out these tasks and their descendants were - starting with descendants of the K'hati - Heman the singer, the son of Yo'el the son of Sh'mu'el,

the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of Toach,

the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of 'Amasai,

the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo'el, the son of 'Azaryah, the son of Tz'fanyah,

the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach,

the son of Yitz'har, the son of K'hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra'el.

His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim'a,

the son of Mikha'el, the son of Ba'aseyah, the son of Malkiyah,

the son of Etni, the son of Zerach the son of 'Adayah,

the son of Eitan, the son of Zimah, the son of Shim'i,

the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

On the left were their kinsmen the descendants of M'rari: Eitan the son of Kishi, the son of 'Avdi, the son of Malukh,