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 ) .
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Azariah had Seraiah, and Seraiah had Jehozadak.
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Jehozadak went off to exile when God used Nebuchadnezzar to take Judah and Jerusalem into exile.
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The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
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The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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