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4. LEVI
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The high-priestly line (1 Chronicles 6:1)_
2. Levitical genealogies (1 Chronicles 6:16)
3. David's chief musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31)
The
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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 SONS OF ELKANAH. Some codices, with Septuagint and one early
printed edition, omit this second "Elkanah"; the Hebrew reads "his
son"....
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_Zophai his son_, etc.] We have here one of the three genealogies of
Samuel the prophet. Each list seems to have suffered in transcription;
the three are given here for comparison.
1 Chronicles 6:26-...
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8. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF LEVI (1 Chronicles 6:1-30)
TEXT
1 Chronicles 6:1. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2.
And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3....
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_AS FOR ELKANAH: THE SONS OF ELKANAH; ZOPHAI HIS SON, AND NAHATH HIS
SON,_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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The Hebrew text reads: “Elkanah his son — Elkanah — Zophai his
son,” &c. Zophai might mean the Zophite. The LXX. has (1 Chronicles
6:25) “And sons of Elkanah, Amessi and Ahimoth;” (1 Chronicles
6:26)...
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_[1 Chronicles 6:11]_ אֶלְקָנָ֑ה _בְּנֵי֙_†
אֶלְקָנָ֔ה צֹופַ֥י בְּנֹ֖ו...
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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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CHAPTER VI.
_ Sophai, Nahath, and Eliab, are called Suph, Thohu, (ver. 34.;
Calmet) and Eliel. (Haydock) --- Sophai may be a surname of Elcana.
(Poole) (Du Hamel)_...
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I include the whole of this register under one point of view for the
sake of shortness, for it contains nothing more than a register, and,
no doubt, a very trite one: but it opens nothing for improvem...
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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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_As for Elkanah_, &c. This was another Elkanah, son or grandson of the
former Elkanah, and either the son or brother of Ahimoth, last
mentioned, or of Amasai. _Nahath his son_ Called also _Toah, 1
Chr...
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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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As for Elkanah, probably a different one from him who is mentioned
above; THE SONS OF ELKANAH: ZOPHAI (or Zuph), HIS SON; AND NAHATH, HIS
SON;...
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THE LINE OF PRIESTS TO THE CAPTIVITY...
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ZOPHAI:
Or, Zuph...
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ELKANAH; this was another _Elkanah_, son or grandson of the former
Elkanah and either the son or brother of _Ahimoth_ last mentioned, or
of _Amasai_. NAHATH, called also _Toah_, 1 CHRONICLES 6:31, and...
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1 Chronicles 6:26 Elkanah H511 sons H1121 Elkanah H511 Zophai H6689
son H1121 Nahath H5184 son H1121
Zophai -...
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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 6:16 This section details the
three main Levite clans. Seven generations are given for descendants
of GERSHOM and MERARI. This probably takes them to the time of Davi...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 6:22 The Kohathite line is a
little more difficult to follow. AMMINADAB may be an alternative name
for Izhar (see v....
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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 6:34; 1 Chronicles 6:35; 1 Samuel 1:1...