1 Chronicles 6:7-17

7 Forsooth Meraioth begat Amariah, Amariah begat Ahitub,

8 Ahitub begat Zadok, Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

9 Ahimaaz begat Azariah, Azariah begat Johanan,

10 Johanan begat Azariah; he it is that was set in priesthood, in the house that Solomon builded in Jerusalem. (Johanan begat Azariah; it was he who served as High Priest, in the House that Solomon built in Jerusalem.)

11 Forsooth Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

12 Ahitub begat Zadok, Zadok begat Shallum,

13 Shallum begat Hilkiah, Hilkiah begat Azariah,

14 Azariah begat Seraiah, Seraiah begat Jehozadak.

15 Forsooth Jehozadak went out, when the Lord translated Judah and Jerusalem, by the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the king. (And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem, by the hand, or the power, of King Nebuchadnezzar.)

16 Therefore the sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And these were the names of the sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 6:7-17 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.