1 Chroniques 6:9-19

9 Achimaats engendra Azaria; Azaria engendra Jochanan;

10 Jochanan engendra Azaria, qui exerça le sacerdoce dans la maison que Salomon bâtit à Jérusalem;

11 Azaria engendra Amaria; Amaria engendra Achithub;

12 Achithub engendra Tsadok; Tsadok engendra Schallum;

13 Schallum engendra Hilkija; Hilkija engendra Azaria;

14 et Azaria engendra Seraja; Seraja engendra Jehotsadak,

15 Jehotsadak s'en alla quand l'Eternel emmena en captivité Juda et Jérusalem par Nebucadnetsar.

16 Fils de Lévi: Guerschom, Kehath et Merari.

17 Voici les noms des fils de Guerschom: Libni et Schimeï.

18 Fils de Kehath: Amram, Jitsehar, Hébron et Uziel.

19 Fils de Merari: Machli et Muschi. -Ce sont là les familles de Lévi, selon leurs pères.

1 Chroniques 6:9-19 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.