1 Chronicles 6:28-38

28 The sons of Shemu'el: the firstborn [Yo'el], and the second Aviyah.

29 The sons of Merari: Machli, Livni his son, Shim`i his son, Uzzah his son,

30 Shim`a his son, Haggiyah his son, `Asayah his son.

31 These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

32 They ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of the LORD in Yerushalayim: and they waited on their office according to their order.

33 These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kehati: Heman the singer, the son of Yo'el, the son of Shemu'el,

34 the son of Elkana, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of To'ach,

35 the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkana, the son of Machat, the son of `Amasai,

36 the son of Elkana, the son of Yo'el, the son of `Azaryah, the son of Tzefanyah,

37 the son of Tachat, the son of Assir, the son of Avi'asaf, the son of Korach,

38 the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, the son of Yisra'el.

1 Chronicles 6:28-38 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.