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1 Chronicles 6:10-20

Listen to 1 Chronicles 6:10-20
10 and Joha'nan of Azari'ah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
11 Azari'ah was the father of Amari'ah, Amari'ah of Ahi'tub,
12 Ahi'tub of Zadok, Zadok of Shallum,
13 Shallum of Hilki'ah, Hilki'ah of Azari'ah,
14 Azari'ah of Serai'ah, Serai'ah of Jehoz'adak;
15 and Jehoz'adak went into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnez'zar.
16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar'i.
17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shim'e-i.
18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uz'ziel.
19 The sons of Merar'i: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

1 Chronicles 6:10-20 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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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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