"And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,"
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The writer evidently had before him Joshua 21, which he followed, as
to its matter, closely. In some cases he perhaps modernised the
ancient names (1 Chronicles 6:58, 1 Chronicles 6:60, 1 Chronicles
6...
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PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH
GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general
introduction to the whole work. They contain the following
genealogies, o...
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_the cities of Judah_, namely, _Hebron_, the city _of refuge_ Render
(with a slight correction of the Hebrew) THE CITY OF REFUGE, HEBRON
(cp. Joshua 21:13), Hebron being the only city of refuge here
m...
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THE CITIES OF JUDAH— The author of this book, as well as the author
of the book of Joshua, (chap. 1 Chronicles 21:19.) expressly asserts,
that the cities given to the Levites were _thirteen._ In the c...
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_AND THESE ARE THE SONS OF AARON; ELEAZAR HIS SON, PHINEHAS HIS SON,
ABISHUA HIS SON,_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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6:57 city (a-10) Lit. 'cities;' and so ver. 67....
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GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED)
This chapter records the descendants of Levi, traces the line of the
high priests to the captivity, and enumerates the cities of the
Priests and Levites....
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 6
THE *TRIBE OF LEVI – 1 CHRONICLES 6:1-81
The family of the chief priests – 1 Chronicles 6:1-15
V1 Levi’s sons...
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(54-81) The Levitical cities, beginning with those of the Aavonites,
the principal branch of the Kohathite clan. This list deals with the
same topic as Joshua 21:3, with which, upon the whole, it is i...
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_[1 Chronicles 6:42]_ וְ לִ בְנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֗ן
נָתְנוּ֙ אֶת ־עָרֵ֣י הַ מִּקְלָ֔ט אֶת
־חֶבְרֹ֥ון וְ...
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In this whole chapter, consisting of eighty-one verses, the one
subject is the priestly tribe. This in itself reveals the standard
from which the history was written. Judah, the kingly tribe, is the
o...
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And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely],
Hebron, [the city] of (o) refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and
Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
(o) That he that had kil...
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Of, is not authorized by the Vulgate civitates, but is added, to
signify that all these 13 cities were not thus privileged. (Haydock)
--- There were only six cites of refuge, of which Hebron was one....
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The sacred Scripture, having given a faithful register of the Levites
names, in those verses relates their dwelling-places. Jacob, when
dying, foretold that Levi should be divided in Jacob, and scatte...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, 8, AND 9.
In the genealogies of Levi (chap. 6) we see, first of all, the line of
high priests until the captivity; and then the Levites, their services...
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1 Chronicles 6:54....
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1 The sonnes of Leui.
4 The line of the Priests vnto the captiuitie.
16 The families of Gershom, Merari, and Kohath.
49 The office of Aaron and his line vnto Ahimaaz.
54 The cities of the Priests...
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THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES...
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THEY GAVE THE CITIES, or, _out of the cities_; the Hebrew _eth_ being
put for _meeth_, as hath been oft noted....
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1 Chronicles 6:57 sons H1121 Aaron H175 gave H5414 (H8804) cities
H5892 refuge H4733 Hebron H2275 Libnah H3841 common-lands H4054 Jattir
H3492 Eshtemoa H851 common-lands H4054
they gave - 1 Samuel 22...
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CONTENTS: Sons of Levi. Cities of the priests and Levites.
CHARACTERS: Gershom, Kohath, Merari, Aaron, Moses and Miriam.
CONCLUSION: There is always abundance of service to be done by God's
children...
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1 Chronicles 6:4. _Eleazar begat Phinehas._ A correct table of the
Jewish highpriests would be very desirable to every lover of sacred
literature. The best list I can collect is as follows: Aaron, Ele...
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1 CHRONICLES 6:1 The Tribe of Levi. Levi is placed at the center of
the Chronicler’s ideal conception of Israel (see diagram in note on
1 Chronicles 1:1). The Davidic monarchy and the Jerusalem temple...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter refers wholly to tribe of Levi. Gives
the family of Aaron, 1 Chronicles 6:1; the descendants of Gershom,
Kohath, and Merari, 1 Chronicles 6:16; the pedigrees of the
song-...
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EXPOSITION
1 CHRONICLES 6:1
The tribe of Levi is now taken. The first three verses prepare the way
for running rapidly down the line of high priest descent, from Aaron's
son Eleazar to Jehozadak, wh...
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Now in chapter six, we now get to the tribe of Levi from which was the
priestly tribe.
[And the three sons which made the major families within the tribe of]
Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. An...
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1 Chronicles 4:17; 1 Samuel 22:10; 2 Chronicles 31:15; Joshua 10:29;
Joshua 15:42; Joshua 15:48; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:13; Joshua 21:14;...