1 Chronicles 6:26-36

26 and (the son of Ahimoth was) Elkanah. The sons of (this) Elkanah; Zophai, his son; Nahath, his son;
27 Eliab, his son; Jeroham, his son; Elkanah, his son.
28 The sons of Samuel; the first begotten Vashni, and Abiah. (The sons of Samuel; Joel, the first-born son, and Abijah.)
29 Soothly the sons of Merari; Mahli, his son; Libni, his son; Shimei, his son; Uzza, his son;
30 Shimea, his son; Haggiah, his son; Asaiah, his son.
31 These it be that David ordained on the singers of the house of the Lord, since the ark of the Lord was set (there); (These it be whom David ordained over the music in the House of the Lord, after the Ark of the Lord was moved there;)
32 and they ministered before the tabernacle of witnessing, and sang, till Solomon builded the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; forsooth they stood by their order in [their] service. (and they served before, or in front of, the Tabernacle, or the Tent, of the Witnessing, and sang, until Solomon built the House of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they did their duty in their proper turn.)
33 And these it be that stood nigh with their sons. Of the sons of Kohath; Heman the chanter, the son of Joel, son of Shemuel, (And these were they who did their duty with their kinsmen. Of the sons of Kohath; Heman the cantor, or the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,)
34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,
35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,
36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

1 Chronicles 6:26-36 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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