1 Chronicles 6:16

Levites

16 Levi's family: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:16

The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
] Which is repeated from ( 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as in ( Exodus 6:17-19 ) .

1 Chronicles 6:16 In-Context

14 Azariah of Seraiah, and Seraiah of Jehozadak.

15 Jehozadak went away when the LORD caused Judah and Jerusalem to be exiled by Nebuchadnezzar.

16 Levi's family: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 These are the names of Gershom's family: Libni and Shimei.

18 Kohath's family: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

Footnotes

• [a]. 6:1 in Heb