1 Chronicles 6:1-30

Descendants of Levi

1 ^{[a] 1}The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2 ²The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 ³The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. ⁴The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 ^{5 6}Eleazar fathered ⁷Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,

5 Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,

6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered ⁸Meraioth,

7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

8 ⁹Ahitub fathered ¹⁰Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,

9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,

10 and Johanan fathered Azariah ( ¹¹it was he who served as priest ¹²in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).

11 ¹³Azariah fathered ¹⁴Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

12 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered ¹⁵Shallum,

13 Shallum fathered ¹⁶Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah,

14 Azariah fathered ¹⁷Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;

15 and ¹⁸Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile ¹⁹by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 ^[b] The ²⁰sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: ²¹Libni and Shimei.

18 ²²The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

19 ²³The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.

20 ²⁴Of Gershom: Libni his son, ²⁵Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

22 ²⁶The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,

26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

28 The sons of Samuel: Joel^[c] his firstborn, the second Abijah. ^[d]

29 ²⁷The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

1 Chronicles 6:1-30 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.

Cross References

• 1. 6:1 ch. 23:6; Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16; Num. 26:57
• 2. 6:2 Ex. 6:18; [ver. 22]
• 3. 6:3 Ex. 6:20; 15:20
• 4. 6:3 Lev. 10:1, 12
• 5. 6:4 For ver. 4-6, 11-14, see Ezra 7:1-5
• 6. 6:4 For ver. 4-8, see ver. 50-53
• 7. 6:4 See Ex. 6:25
• 8. 6:6 [ch. 9:11; Neh. 11:11]
• 9. 6:8 2 Sam. 8:17
• 10. 6:8 2 Sam. 15:27
• 11. 6:10 2 Chr. 26:17, 18
• 12. 6:10 See 1 Kgs. 6; 2 Chr. 3
• 13. 6:11 [See ver. 4 above]
• 14. 6:11 2 Chr. 19:11; Ezra 7:3
• 15. 6:12 [Neh. 11:11]
• 16. 6:13 2 Kgs. 22:4; Ezra 7:1
• 17. 6:14 2 Kgs. 25:18
• 18. 6:15 [Ezra 3:2]
• 19. 6:15 See 2 Kgs. 25:8-21
• 20. 6:16 For ver. 16-19, see Ex. 6:16-19
• 21. 6:17 [ch. 23:7]
• 22. 6:18 ch. 23:12
• 23. 6:19 ch. 23:21; [ver. 44, 47]
• 24. 6:20 For ver. 20, 21, see ver. 41-43
• 25. 6:20 ver. 43
• 26. 6:22 For ver. 22-28, see ver. 33-38
• 27. 6:29 [ver. 19, 44-47]

Footnotes

• [a] 6:1 Ch 5:27 in Hebrew
• [b] 6:16 Ch 6:1 in Hebrew
• [c] 6:28 Septuagint, Syriac (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew lacks 'Joel'
• [d] 6:28 Hebrew 'and Abijah'