1 Chronicles 6:1-30

1 Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 Amram had two sons, Aaron and Moses, and one daughter, Miriam. Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 The descendants of Eleazar from generation to generation are as follows: Phinehas, Abishua,
5 Bukki, Uzzi,
6 Zerahiah, Meraioth,
7 Amariah, Ahitub,
8 Zadok, Ahimaaz,
9 Azariah, Johanan,
10 Azariah (the one who served in the Temple which King Solomon built in Jerusalem),
11 Amariah, Ahitub,
12 Zadok, Shallum,
13 Hilkiah, Azariah,
14 Seraiah, Jehozadak.
15 King Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehozadak along with the other people of Judah and Jerusalem whom the Lord sent into exile.
16 Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 1
17 Each of them also had sons. Gershon was the father of Libni and Shimei;
18 Kohath was the father of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel;
19 and Merari was the father of Mahli and Mushi.
20 These are the descendants of Gershon from generation to generation: Libni, Jahath, Zimmah,
21 Joah, Iddo, Zerah, Jeatherai.
22 These are the descendants of Kohath from generation to generation: Amminadab, Korah, Assir,
23 Elkanah, Ebiasaph, Assir,
24 Tahath, Uriel, Uzziah, Shaul.
25 Elkanah had two sons, Amasai and Ahimoth.
26 These are Ahimoth's descendants from generation to generation: Elkanah, Zophai, Nahath,
27 Eliab, Jeroham, Elkanah.
28 Samuel had two sons: Joel, the older, and Abijah, the younger.
29 These are the descendants of Merari from generation to generation: Mahli, Libni, Shimei, Uzzah,
30 Shimea, Haggiah, Asaiah.

1 Chronicles 6:1-30 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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 6.16-19Exodus 6.16-19.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Some ancient translations (see also 1 S 8.2)] Joel; [Hebrew does not have this name.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.