1 Chronicles 6:16

1 Chronicles 6:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:16

14Azariah fathered Seraiah; and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak. 15Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17These are the names of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei. 18Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:16 word by word

בְּנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשֹׁ֕ם קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Leviלֵוִיlêvîy · LeviH3878
• Gershomגֵּרְשֹׁםgêreshôm · GershomH1647
• Kohathקְהָתqehâth · KohathH6955
• and Merariמְרָרִיmerârîy · MerariH4847

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:16

• 1 Chronicles 6:1Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their family records; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16A general account of the several branches of the tribe of Levi.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-30The second introduction of the Levites (1 Chronicles 6:16–19a) presents the leaders of all the Levitical families (6:19b–30). The list includes the family trees of: Gershon (1 Chronicles 6:20–21) Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:22–24) Merari (1 Chronicles 6:29–30)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-4816-48. The sons of Levi; Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:16

• Gershon

In the dictionaries

• Levi
• Levi, Levite
• Matthew, Levi
• Gershom
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Egypt
• Genealogy
• Gershon; Gershonites

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary