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1 Chronicles 6:4-14

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4 Eleazar fathered 1Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,
5 Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,
6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered 2Meraioth,
7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,
8 3Ahitub fathered 4Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,
9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,
10 and Johanan fathered Azariah (5it was he who served as priest 6in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
11 7Azariah fathered 8Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,
12 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered 9Shallum,
13 Shallum fathered 10Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah,
14 Azariah fathered 11Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;
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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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. See Exodus 6:25
  • 2. [1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11]
  • 3. 2 Samuel 8:17
  • 4. 2 Samuel 15:27
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 26:17, 18
  • 6. See 1 Kings 6; 2 Chronicles 3
  • 7. [See ver. 4 above]
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 19:11; Ezra 7:3
  • 9. [Nehemiah 11:11]
  • 10. 2 Kings 22:4; Ezra 7:1
  • 11. 2 Kings 25:18
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