1 Chronicles 6:4-14

4 El'azar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua,

5 Avishua fathered Buki, Buki fathered

6 'Uzi fathered Z'rachyah, Z'rachyah fathered M'rayot,

7 M'rayot fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv,

8 Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Achima'atz,

9 Achima'atz fathered 'Azaryah, 'Azaryah fathered Yochanan,

10 and Yochanan fathered 'Azaryah. He functioned as cohen in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim.

11 'Azaryah fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv,

12 Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Shalum,

13 Shalum fathered Hilkiyah, Hilkiyah fathered 'Azaryah,

14 'Azaryah fathered S'rayah, S'rayah fathered Y'hotzadak,

1 Chronicles 6:4-14 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.