1 Chronicles 6:29-39

29 The descendants of M'rari: Machli, his son Livni, his son Shim'i, his son 'Uzah,

30 his son Shim'a, his son Hagiyah and his son 'Asayah.

31 David appointed them to be in charge of the service of song in the house of ADONAI after the ark had found a permanent resting place.

32 They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of ADONAI in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order.

33 Those who carried out these tasks and their descendants were - starting with descendants of the K'hati - Heman the singer, the son of Yo'el the son of Sh'mu'el,

34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of Toach,

35 the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of 'Amasai,

36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo'el, the son of 'Azaryah, the son of Tz'fanyah,

37 the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach,

38 the son of Yitz'har, the son of K'hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra'el.

39 His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim'a,

1 Chronicles 6:29-39 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.