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 became the father of Seraiah. Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak. 15Jehozadak went into exile with the people from Jerusalem and the rest of Judah. The Lord used Nebuchadnezzar to take them away to Babylon. Levi's sons were: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 17The names of Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei. 18Kohath's sons were: 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 were: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
• Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi, from the oldest to the youngest: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi himself lived for 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