1 Chronicles 6:16-30

Levites

16 Levi's family: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 These are the names of Gershom's family: Libni and Shimei.

18 Kohath's family: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 Merari's family: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites' clans according to their fathers:

20 Of Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,

21 his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

22 Kohath's family: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir,

24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.

25 Elkanah's family: Amasai and Ahimoth,

26 his son Elkanah, his son Zophai, his son Nahath,

27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.

28 Samuel's family: the oldest Joel, and the second Abijah.

29 Merari's family: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.

1 Chronicles 6:16-30 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. 6:1 in Heb
• [b]. LXX; MT repeats Elkanah.
• [c]. LXX, Syr; MT lacks Joel.