1 Chronicles 6:9-19

9 and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,

10 and Johanan begot Azariah (he it was who executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem),

11 and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

12 and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,

13 and Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah,

14 and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak;

15 and Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

1 Chronicles 6:9-19 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.