1 Chronicles 6:16

16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, 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 was the father of Seraiah. Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak,

15 who went into exile when the LORD sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into captivity under Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

17 The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei.

18 The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

Footnotes

• [a]. Verses 6:16-81 are numbered 6:1-66 in Hebrew text.
• [b]. Hebrew Gershom, a variant spelling of Gershon (see 6:1 ); also in 6:17, 20, 43, 62, 71 .