1 Chronicles 6:47

1 Chronicles 6:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
• New International Version (NIV)the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
• English Standard Version (ESV)son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:47

45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah, 46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49And Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

1 Chronicles 6:47 word by word

בֶּן־מַחְלִי֙ בֶּן־מוּשִׁ֔י בֶּן־מְרָרִ֖י בֶּן־לֵוִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:47

• 1 Chronicles 23:23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
• 1 Chronicles 24:30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
• Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
• Numbers 3:33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 3:20and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, [and] Jushab-hesed, five.
• 1 Chronicles 23:21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
• Genesis 46:11— And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Exodus 6:19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
• Numbers 4:42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,
• Numbers 7:8and four waggons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, — under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
• Numbers 10:17And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle.
• Joshua 21:7The children of Merari according to their families had by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
• Genesis 29:34And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be united to me, for I have borne him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:47

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31-48Verses 31-48 The genealogies of David‘s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun. 1 Chronicles 6:32 They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:27-30; 2 Chronicles 35:15. 1 Chronicles 6:33 Heman - In general Asaph takes precedence of Heman and Jeduthun, but here Heman is placed first, because his family, that of the Kohathites, had the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-47This genealogy lists the lead singers from Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:33), Gershon (6:39), and Merari (6:44), the main Levitical families.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 6:47

• Mahli
• Mushi

In the dictionaries

• Levi
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Egypt
• Genealogy
• Gershon; Gershonites
• Mahli
• Merari
• Phinees

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