1 Chronicles 6:1-11

1 filii Levi Gersom Caath Merari

2 filii Caath Amram Isaar Hebron et Ozihel

3 filii Amram Aaron Moses et Maria filii Aaron Nadab et Abiu Eleazar et Ithamar

4 Eleazar genuit Finees et Finees genuit Abisue

5 Abisue vero genuit Bocci et Bocci genuit Ozi

6 Ozi genuit Zaraiam et Zaraias genuit Meraioth

7 porro Meraioth genuit Amariam et Amarias genuit Ahitob

8 Ahitob genuit Sadoc Sadoc genuit Achimaas

9 Achimaas genuit Azariam Azarias genuit Iohanan

10 Iohanan genuit Azariam ipse est qui sacerdotio functus est in domo quam aedificavit Salomon in Hierusalem

11 genuit autem Azarias Amariam et Amarias genuit Ahitob

1 Chronicles 6:1-11 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.