1 Chronicles 6:1-10

1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua;

5 And Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi,

6 And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth;

7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

8 And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,

9 And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan,

10 And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)

1 Chronicles 6:1-10 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.