1 Chronicles 6:16

16 ^[a]Levi's sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:16

The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
] Which is repeated from ( 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as in ( Exodus 6:17-19 ) .

1 Chronicles 6:16 In-Context

14 Azariah fathered Seraiah; and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.

15 Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 Levi's sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 These are the names of Gershom's sons: Libni and Shimei.

18 Kohath's sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

Footnotes

• [a]. 1 Ch 6:1 in Hb