1 Chronicles 6:16

16 Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:16

The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
] Which is repeated from ( 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as in ( Exodus 6:17-19 ) .

1 Chronicles 6:16 In-Context

14 and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;
15 and Jehozadak hath gone in Jehovah's removing Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 And these [are] names of sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18 And sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.