1 Chronicles 6:1-8

The Levites

1 [a] Levi's sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
2 Kohath's sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 Amram's children: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.[b]
4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua;
5 Abishua fathered Bukki; Bukki fathered Uzzi;
6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah; Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;
7 Meraioth fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;
8 Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;

1 Chronicles 6:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 6

This chapter begins with the fathers and heads of the tribe of Levi, 1Ch 6:1-3, and reckons up the high priests in the line of Eleazar, to the Babylonish captivity, 1Ch 6:4-15 gives an account of the families of the sons of Levi, 1Ch 6:16-30 and of those Levites that were employed as singers, and in other ministrations in the sanctuary in the times of David and Solomon, 1Ch 6:31-49, then follows a repetition of the sons of Aaron in the line of Eleazar, to the said times, 1Ch 6:50-53, and a recital of the dwelling places of the Levites in the several tribes, 1Ch 6:54-81.

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