1. These were the groups of Aaron’s sons:Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2. But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did. And they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests.
3. David separated the family groups of Eleazar and Ithamar into two different groups. Each group had certain duties it had been given. Zadok and Ahimelech helped David. Zadok was a descendant of Eleazar. And Ahimelech was a descendant of Ithamar.
4. There were more leaders from Eleazar’s family than from Ithamar’s. There were 16 leaders from Eleazar’s family. And there were 8 leaders from Ithamar’s family.