1 Chronicles 6:6-16

6 Zerahiah, Meraioth,

7 Amariah, Ahitub,

8 Zadok, Ahimaaz,

9 Azariah, Johanan,

10 Azariah (the one who served in the Temple which King Solomon built in Jerusalem),

11 Amariah, Ahitub,

12 Zadok, Shallum,

13 Hilkiah, Azariah,

14 Seraiah, Jehozadak.

15 King Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehozadak along with the other people of Judah and Jerusalem whom the Lord sent into exile.

16 Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹

1 Chronicles 6:6-16 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.

Cross References

• 1. 6.16-19Exodus 6.16-19.