Quotes About Faith

These were some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:

Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.

From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

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

From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;

Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

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

From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;

Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.

So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

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

All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.

Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

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

Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.

The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

Ahaz was the father of Jarah; Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

Moza was the father of Binea. Rephaiah was his son, Elasah his son, and Azel his son.

And Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.