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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,...
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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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_twelve cities_ The total number of Levitic cities (1 Chronicles 6:60
thirteen, 1 Chronicles 6:61 ten, 1 Chronicles 6:62 thirteen,...
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_UNTO THE SONS OF MERARI WERE GIVEN BY LOT, THROUGHOUT THEIR FAMILIES,
OUT OF THE TRIBE OF REUBEN, AND OUT OF THE TRIBE OF GAD, AND OUT OF
THE TRIBE OF ZEBULUN, TWELVE CITIES._
No JFB commentary on t...
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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 –...
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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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(61-63) These verses correspond to Joshua 21:5. They supply short
statements of the _number_ of cities in the various tribes assigned to
the non-Aaronic Kohathites, to the Gershonites, and the Merarit...
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This verse is word for word the same as Joshua 21:7, omitting the one
term “by lot.”...
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_[1 Chronicles 6:48]_ לִ בְנֵ֨י מְרָרִ֜י לְ
מִשְׁפְּחֹותָ֗ם
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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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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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Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families,
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, in the
southern section of the country east of Jordan, AND OUT OF THE TRI...
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THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES...
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1 Chronicles 6:63 sons H1121 Merari H4847 families H4940 twelve H8147
H6240 cities H5892 tribe H4294 Reuben H7
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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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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 6:54 Summarized from Joshua 21:1
with some small omissions and variations of order. The Levites
possessed no tribal territory, so they are distributed througho
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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, who...
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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 6:77; Genesis 46:11; Joshua 21:34; Joshua 21:7; N