1 Chronicles 24:20

The Rest of the Levites

20 Now these were the rest of the descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; ^[a] from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.

1 Chronicles 24:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 20-30. And the rest of the sons of Levi were these
Who were not priests, only Levites; and from hence, to ( 1 Chronicles 24:30 ) their names are given; of the sons of Amram, Shubael, and his son Jehdeiah; Rehabiah the son of Eleazar, and Isshiah the son of Rehabiah; of the Izharites, so called from Izhar, the brother of Amram, Shelomoth, and his son Jahath; and of the sons of Hebron, another brother of Amram, Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam; of the sons of Uzziel, another brother of Amram, Michah, and his son Shamir; Isshiah the brother of Michah, and his son Zechariah: the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, his immediate sons; from whom sprung by Jaaziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur and Ibri; of Mahli sprung Eleazar, who had no sons; and Kish, whose son was Jerahmeel; the sons of Mushi, another son of Merari, Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth; most of these names are the same with those in ( 1 Chronicles 23:16-23 ) , these were the sons of the Levites, after the house of their fathers;
some of the principal of them.

1 Chronicles 24:20 In-Context

18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

19 This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

20 Now these were the rest of the descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.

21 As for Rehabiah, from his sons: The first was Isshiah.

22 From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.

Footnotes

• [a] Shubael (twice in this verse) is a variant of Shebuel; see 1 Chronicles 23:16 and 1 Chronicles 26:24.