1 Chronicles 24:2-4

Christian Standard Bible

² But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.^{(A) 3} Together with Zadok^(B) from the descendants of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the descendants of Ithamar, David divided them according to the assigned duties of their service. ⁴ Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of ancestral families^[a] were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral families were from Ithamar’s.