1 Chronicles 6:74-81

74 from the tribe of Asher, Mashal, Abdon,

75 Hukok, and Rehob;

76 from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim.

77 The rest of the sons of Merari got Rimmono and Tabor from the tribe of Zebulun;

78 Bezer in the desert, Jahzah,

79 Kedemoth, and Mephaath from the tribe of Reuben to the east of the Jordan;

80 and Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

81 Heshbon, and Jazer from the tribe of Gad. Pastures were included in all these towns.

1 Chronicles 6:74-81 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.