1 Chronicles 6
Darby Bible
1The sonsH1121 of LeviH3878: GershomH1647, KohathH6955, and MerariH4847. 2And the sonsH1121 of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3And the children of AmramH6019: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sonsH1121 of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4Eleazar begot Phinehas; Phinehas begot Abishua, 5and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi, 6and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth; 7Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub, 8and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz, 9and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan, 10and Johanan begot Azariah (he is it that exercised the priesthood in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem); 11and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub, 12and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum, 13and Shallum begot Hilkijah, and Hilkijah begot Azariah, 14and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak, 15and Jehozadak went away, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18And the sonsH1121 of Kohath: Amram, and Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19The sonsH1121 of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of Levi according to their fathers. 20Of Gershom: Libni his sonH1121, Jahath his sonH1121, Zimmah his sonH1121, 21Joah his sonH1121, Iddo his sonH1121, Zerah his sonH1121, Jeathrai his sonH1121. 22The sonsH1121 of Kohath: Amminadab his sonH1121, KorahH7141 his sonH1121, AssirH617 his sonH1121, 23Elkanah his sonH1121, and Ebiasaph his sonH1121, and Assir his sonH1121, 24Tahath his sonH1121, Uriel his sonH1121, Uzziah his sonH1121, and Saul his sonH1121. 25And the sonsH1121 of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth. 26Elkanah, — the sonsH1121 of Elkanah: Zophai his sonH1121, and Nahath his sonH1121, 27Eliab his sonH1121, Jeroham his sonH1121, Elkanah his sonH1121. 28And the sonsH1121 of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah. 29The sonsH1121 of MerariH4847: Mahli; Libni his sonH1121, Shimei his sonH1121, Uzza his sonH1121, 30Shimea his sonH1121, Haggijah his sonH1121, Asaiah his sonH1121. 31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest. 32And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order. 33And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34the sonH1121 of Elkanah, the sonH1121 of Jeroham, the sonH1121 of Eliel, the sonH1121 of Toah, 35the sonH1121 of Zuph, the sonH1121 of Elkanah, the sonH1121 of Mahath, the sonH1121 of Amasai, 36the sonH1121 of Elkanah, the sonH1121 of Joel, the sonH1121 of Azariah, the sonH1121 of Zephaniah, 37the sonH1121 of Tahath, the sonH1121 of Assir, the sonH1121 of Ebiasaph, the sonH1121 of Korah, 38the sonH1121 of Jizhar, the sonH1121 of Kohath, the sonH1121 of Levi, the sonH1121 of Israel. 39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the sonH1121 of Berechiah, the sonH1121 of Shimea, 40the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41the sonH1121 of Ethni, the sonH1121 of Zerah, the sonH1121 of Adaiah, 42the sonH1121 of Ethan, the sonH1121 of Zimmah, the sonH1121 of Shimei, 43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah, 46the sonH1121 of Amzi, the sonH1121 of Bani, the sonH1121 of Shemer, 47the sonH1121 of Mahli, the sonH1121 of Mushi, the sonH1121 of Merari, the sonH1121 of Levi. 48And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of 1God. 49And Aaron and his sonsH1121 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 makeH5414 atonement for IsraelH3478, according to all that Moses the servant of 2God had commanded. 50And these are the sonsH1121 of Aaron: Eleazar his sonH1121, Phinehas his sonH1121, Abishua his sonH1121, 51Bukki his sonH1121, Uzzi his sonH1121, Zerahiah his sonH1121, 52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54And these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot; 55and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it; 56but the fields of the city, and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the sonH1121 of Jephunneh. 57And to the children of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs, 58and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs, 59and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs; 60and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs: all their cities, thirteen cities, according to their families. 61And to the children of Kohath that remained [were given] by lot out of the families of the tribeH4294 [of Ephraim and of the tribeH4294 of Dan and] of the half tribeH4294, half Manasseh, ten cities. 62And to the children of Gershom according to their families out of the tribeH4294 of Issachar, and out of the tribeH4294 of Asher, and out of the tribeH4294 of Naphtali, and out of the tribeH4294 of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63To the children of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribeH4294 of ReubenH7205, and out of the tribeH4294 of Gad, and out of the tribeH4294 of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs. 65And they gave by lot out of the tribeH4294 of the children of Judah, and out of the tribeH4294 of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribeH4294 of the children of Benjamin, these cities which were mentioned by name. 66And to the families of the children of Kohath who had the cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim, 67they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs, 68and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs, 69and Ajalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs; 70and out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, — for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. 71To the children of Gershom [were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs; 72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its suburbs, Dobrath and its suburbs, 73and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs; 74and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs, 75and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs; 76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs. 77To the children of Merari that remained [were given] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its suburbs, [and] Tabor and its suburbs; 78and on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs, 79and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs; 80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs, 81and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jaazer and its suburbs.
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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
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