Discovery Box1 Chronicles 2:1 
ContextIsrael’s Descendants
2:1 These were the sons of Israel: 1
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Issachar and Zebulun;
1 Chronicles 6:38
Context6:38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.
1 Chronicles 6:47
Context6:47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
1 Chronicles 21:6
Context21:6 Now Joab 2 did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.
1 Chronicles 23:6
Context23:6 David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 tn The groupings in the list that follows, as well as the conjunctions (vav-consecutives in Hebrew), reflect those of the Hebrew text.
2 tn Heb “he”; the proper name (“Joab”) has been substituted for the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.
