1 Chronicles 6:13-33

Listen to 1 Chronicles 6:13-33
13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah was the father of Azariah.
14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
15 Jehozadak was forced to leave his home when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into captivity under the control of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
17 The names of Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
18 Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. This is a list of the family groups of Levi, listed by the name of the father of each group.
20 Gershon's son was Libni. Libni's son was Jehath. Jehath's son was Zimmah.
21 Zimmah's son was Joah. Joah's son was Iddo. Iddo's son was Zerah. And Zerah's son was Jeatherai.
22 Kohath's son was Amminadab. Amminadab's son was Korah. Korah's son was Assir.
23 Assir's son was Elkanah. Elkanah's son was Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph's son was Assir.
24 Assir's son was Tahath. Tahath's son was Uriel. Uriel's son was Uzziah, and Uzziah's son was Shaul.
25 Elkanah's sons were Amasai and Ahimoth.
26 Ahimoth's son was Elkanah. Elkanah's son was Zo-phai. Zophai's son was Nahath.
27 Nahath's son was Eliab. Eliab's son was Jeroham. Jeroham's son was Elkanah, and Elkanah's son was Samuel.
28 Samuel's sons were Joel, the first son, and Abijah, the second son.
29 Merari's son was Mahli. Mahli's son was Libni. Libni's son was Shimei. Shimei's son was Uzzah.
30 Uzzah's son was Shimea. Shimea's son was Haggiah, and Haggiah's son was Asaiah.
31 David chose some people to be in charge of the music in the house of the Lord. They began their work after the Ark of the Agreement was put there.
32 They served by making music at the Holy Tent (also called the Meeting Tent), and they served until Solomon built the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They followed the rules for their work.
33 These are the musicians and their sons: From Kohath's family there was Heman the singer. Heman was Joel's son. Joel was Samuel's son.

1 Chronicles 6:13-33 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.

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