²³ And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

³ And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

⁴ Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua;

⁵ And Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi,

⁶ And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth;

⁷ Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

⁸ And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,

⁹ And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan,

¹⁰ And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)

¹¹ And Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

¹² And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum,

¹³ And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,

¹⁴ And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak;

¹⁰ And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

¹¹ And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

⁸ Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.