1 Todos os israelitas foram alistados nas genealogias dos registros históricos dos reis de Israel. O povo de Judá foi levado prisioneiro para a Babilônia por sua infidelidade.
2 Os primeiros a voltarem às suas propriedades e às suas cidades foram algumas pessoas do povo e alguns sacerdotes, levitas e servidores do templo.
3 Os de Judá, de Benjamim e de Efraim e Manassés que se instalaram em Jerusalém foram:
4 Utai, filho de Amiúde, neto de Onri, bisneto de Inri e trineto de Bani, um descendente de Perez, filho de Judá.
5 Dos descendentes de Selá: O primogênito Asaías com seus filhos.
6 Dos descendentes de Zerá: Jeuel. Os de Judá chegaram a 690.
7 Dos benjamitas: Salu, filho de Mesulão, neto de Hodavias e bisneto de Hassenua;
8 Ibnéias, filho de Jeroão; Elá, filho de Uzi, filho de Micri; e Mesulão, filho de Sefatias, filho de Reuel, filho de Ibnias.
9 Da tribo de Benjamim, relacionados em sua genealogia, eram 956. Todos esses homens eram chefes de suas famílias.
10 Dos sacerdotes: Jedaías, Jeoiaribe, Jaquim;
11 Azarias, filho de Hilquias, neto de Mesulão, bisneto de Zadoque, trineto de Meraiote e tetraneto de Aitube, o líder encarregado do templo de Deus;
12 Adaías, filho de Jeroão, neto de Pasur e bisneto de Malquias; e Masai, filho de Adiel, neto de Jazera, bisneto de Mesulão, trineto de Mesilemite e tetraneto de Imer.
13 O número de sacerdotes que eram chefes de famílias era 1. 760. Eram homens capazes, e sua responsabilidade era ministrar no templo de Deus.
14 Dos levitas: Semaías, filho de Hassube, neto de Azricão e bisneto de Hasabias, um merarita;
15 Baquebacar, Heres, Galal e Matanias, filho de Mica, neto de Zicri e bisneto de Asafe;
16 Obadias, filho de Semaías, neto de Galal e bisneto de Jedutum; e Berequias, filho de Asa e neto de Elcana, que vivia nos povoados dos netofatitas.
17 Os guardas das portas eram: Salum, o chefe, Acube, Talmom, Aimã e os irmãos deles, sendo até hoje
18 os guardas da porta do Rei, a leste. Salum era o chefe. Esses eram os guardas das portas que pertenciam ao acampamento dos levitas.
19 Salum, filho de Coré, neto de Ebiasafe e bisneto de Corá, e seus parentes, os coreítas, guardas das portas, responsáveis por guardar as entradas da Tenda, como os seus antepassados tinham sido responsáveis por guardar a entrada da habitação do Senhor.
20 Naquela época, Finéias, filho de Eleazar, estivera encarregado dos guardas das portas, e o Senhor estava com ele.
21 Zacarias, filho de Meselemias, era o guarda das portas da entrada da Tenda do Encontro.
22 A soma total dos escolhidos para serem guardas das portas, registrados nas genealogias dos seus povoados, era de 212. Eles haviam sido designados para esses postos de confiança por Davi e pelo vidente Samuel.
23 Eles e os seus descendentes foram encarregados de vigiar as portas do templo do Senhor, o templo chamado Tenda.
24 Os guardas vigiavam as portas nos quatro lados: norte, sul, leste e oeste.
25 Seus parentes, residentes em seus povoados, tinham que vir de tempos em tempos e trabalhar com eles por períodos de sete dias.
26 Mas os quatro principais guardas das portas, que eram levitas, receberam a responsabilidade de tomar conta das salas e da tesouraria do templo de Deus.
27 Eles passavam a noite perto do templo de Deus, pois tinham o dever de vigiá-la e de abrir as portas todas as manhãs.
28 Alguns levitas estavam encarregados dos utensílios utilizados no culto no templo; eles os contavam quando eram retirados e quando eram devolvidos.
29 Outros eram responsáveis pelos móveis e por todos os demais utensílios do santuário, bem como pela farinha, pelo vinho, pelo óleo, pelo incenso e pelas especiarias.
30 E ainda outros cuidavam da manipulação das especiarias.
31 Um levita chamado Matitias, filho mais velho do coreíta Salum, tinha a responsabilidade de assar os pães para as ofertas.
32 E dentre os coatitas, seus irmãos, alguns estavam encarregados de preparar os pães que são postos sobre a mesa todo sábado.
33 Os cantores, chefes de famílias levitas, permaneciam nas salas do templo e estavam isentos de outros deveres, pois dia e noite se dedicavam à sua própria tarefa.
34 Todos esses eram chefes de famílias levitas, alistados como líderes em suas genealogias, e moravam em Jerusalém.
35 Jeiel, pai de Gibeom, morava em Gibeom. O nome de sua mulher era Maaca,
36 e o de seu filho mais velho, Abdom. Depois nasceram Zur, Quis, Baal, Ner, Nadabe,
37 Gedor, Aiô, Zacarias e Miclote.
38 Miclote gerou Siméia. Eles também moravam perto de seus parentes em Jerusalém.
39 Ner gerou Quis, Quis gerou Saul, Saul gerou Jônatas, Malquisua, Abinadabe e Esbaal.
40 Este foi o filho de Jônatas: Meribe-Baal, que gerou Mica.
41 Estes foram os filhos de Mica: Pitom, Meleque, Taréia e Acaz.
42 Acaz gerou Jadá, Jadá gerou Alemete, Azmavete e Zinri, e Zinri gerou Mosa.
43 Mosa gerou Bineá, cujo filho foi Refaías, o filho deste foi Eleasa, pai de Azel.
44 Azel teve seis filhos, e os nomes deles foram: Azricão, Bocru, Ismael, Searias, Obadias e Hanã. Esses foram os filhos de Azel.
1 And, all Israel, registered themselves, and lo! they are written, in the Book of the Kings of Israel, and, Judah, was carried away captive to Babylon, for their faithlessness.
2 Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
3 And, in Jerusalem, there dwelt, of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin,and of the sons of Ephraim, and Manasseh:
4 Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, of the sons of Perez, son of Judah.
5 And, of the Shilonites, Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
6 And, of the sons of Zerah, Jeuel,and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
7 And, of the sons of Benjamin, Sallu, son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;
8 and Ibneiah, son of Jeroham, and Elah, son of Uzzi, son of Michri,and Meshullam, son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;
9 and their brethren, by their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six,all these men, were ancestral chiefs, to their ancestral house.
10 And, of the priests, Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
11 and Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, chief ruler of the house of God;
12 and Adaiah, son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,and Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;
13 and their brethren, chief men of their ancestral house, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty,able men, for the business of the service of the house of God.
14 And, of the Levites, Shemaiah, son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal,and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;
16 and Obadiah, son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun,and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 And, the keepers of the gates, were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,and their brethrenShallum the chief;
18 and, hitherto, they were in the gate of the king, eastward,the same, were the keepers of the gate, for the camps of the sons of Levi.
19 And, Shallum, son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his brethren of his ancestral housethe Korahites, were over the business of the service, watchers at the vestibule of the tent,and, their fathers, had been over the camp of Yahweh, watchers at the entrance.
20 And, Phinehas son of Eleazar, was, chief ruler, over them aforetime, Yahweh, being with him.
21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah, was door-keeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
22 All those who were chosen for door-keepers in the vestibule, were two hundred and twelve,the same, in their villages, had registered themselves, the same, did David and Samuel the seer establish in their trust.
23 So, they and their sons, were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, of the house of the tent, by watches.
24 Towards the four winds, were the keepers of the gates,eastward, westward, northward, and southward.
25 And, their brethren in their villages, had to come in, every seven days, from time to time, along with these.
26 For, in trust, were four mighty men of the keepers of the gates, the same, were Levites,and they were over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God.
27 And, round about the house of God, used they to lodge,for, upon them, was the charge, and they were over the setting open, morning by morning.
28 And, some from among them, were over the utensils of the service,for, by number, used they to bring them in, and, by number, used they to take them forth.
29 And, some from among them, were appointed over the utensils, yea over all the vessels of the holy place,and over the fine meal, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
30 And, some from among the sons of the priests, were compounders of perfumes, with the spices.
31 And, Mattithiah, from among the Levites,the same, was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahitewas in trust over the making of the flat cakes.
32 And, some from among the Kohathites, of their brethren, were over the Bread that was set in Array,to place it sabbath by sabbath.
33 These, also were the singers, ancestral chiefs of the Levites, in the chambers, free,for, by day and by night, was there upon them, in the business.
34 These, were the ancestral chiefs, of the Levites, by their generations, chief men,these, dwelt in Jerusalem.
35 And, in Gibeon, dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel,the name of whose wife, was Maacah:
36 and, his firstborn son, Abdon,and Zur, and Kish, and Baal and Ner, and Nadab;
37 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloh.
38 And, Mikloth, begat Shimeamand, they also, over against their brethren, did dwell in Jerusalem, along with their brethren.
39 And, Ner, begat Kith, and, Kish, begat Saul,and, Saul, begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal;
40 and, the son of Jonathan, was Merib-baal,and, Merib-baal, begat Micah;
41 and, the sons of Micah, were Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea ;
42 and, Ahaz, begat Jarah, and, Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri,and Zimri, begat Moza;
43 and, Moza, begat Binea,and Raphaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son;
44 and, Azel, had six sons, and these are their namesAzrikam,