¹These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ²But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. ³With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service. ⁴Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar. ⁵Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants. ⁶The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites — one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar. ⁷The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, ⁸the third to Harim, ⁹the fifth to Malchijah, ¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz, ¹¹the ninth to Jeshua, ¹²the eleventh to Eliashib, ¹³the thirteenth to Huppah, ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah, ¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir, ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiah, ¹⁷the twenty-first to Jachin, ¹⁸the twenty-third to Delaiah, ¹⁹This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.