1 Chronicles 6:4-14

4 El`azar became the father of Pinechas, Pinechas became the father of Avishua,

5 and Avishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of `Uzzi,

6 and `Uzzi became the father of Zerachyah, and Zerachyah became the father of Merayot,

7 Merayot became the father of Amaryah, and Amaryah became the father of Achituv,

8 and Achituv became the father of Tzadok, and Tzadok became the father of Achima`atz,

9 and Achima`atz became the father of `Azaryah, and `Azaryah became the father of Yochanan,

10 and Yochanan became the father of `Azaryah, (he it is who executed the Kohen's office in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim),

11 and `Azaryah became the father of Amaryah, and Amaryah became the father of Achituv,

12 and Achituv became the father of Tzadok, and Tzadok became the father of Shallum,

13 and Shallum became the father of Hilkiyah, and Hilkiyah became the father of `Azaryah,

14 and `Azaryah became the father of Serayah, and Serayah became the father of Yehotzadak;

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.