1 Chronicles 6:5-15

5 and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi,
6 and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth,
7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
8 and 1Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok 2became the father of Ahimaaz,
9 and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan,
10 and Johanan became the father of Azariah (3it was he who served as the priest in the house 4which Solomon built in Jerusalem ),
11 and 5Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
12 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,
13 and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah,
14 and Azariah became the father of 6Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak;
15 and Jehozadak went along when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem away into exile by Nebuchadnezzar.

1 Chronicles 6:5-15 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 6

  • 1. 2 Samuel 8:17
  • 2. 2 Samuel 15:27
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 26:17
  • 4. 1 Kings 6:1; 2 Chronicles 3:1
  • 5. Ezra 7:3
  • 6. Nehemiah 11:11

Footnotes 2

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