1 Chronicles 6:7-17

7 Meraioth had Amariah, Amariah had Ahitub,

8 Ahitub had Zadok, Zadok had Ahimaaz,

9 Ahimaaz had Azariah, Azariah had Johanan,

10 and Johanan had Azariah (who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem).

11 Azariah had Amariah, Amariah had Ahitub,

12 Ahitub had Zadok, Zadok had Shallum,

13 Shallum had Hilkiah, Hilkiah had Azariah,

14 Azariah had Seraiah, and Seraiah had Jehozadak.

15 Jehozadak went off to exile when God used Nebuchadnezzar to take Judah and Jerusalem into exile.

16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 6:7-17 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.