1 Chronicles 6:8-18

8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.

9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah. Azariah was the father of Johanan.

10 Johanan was the father of Azariah. (He was the one who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem.)

11 Azariah was the father of Amariah. Amariah was the father of Ahitub.

12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Shallum.

13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah was the father of Azariah.

14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah. Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.

15 Jehozadak was taken captive when the LORD used Nebuchadnezzar to take Judah and Jerusalem away into captivity.

16 Levi's sons were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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

18 Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:8-18 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.