1 Chronicles 6:28

_AND THE SONS OF SAMUEL; THE FIRSTBORN VASHNI, AND ABIAH._ The sons of Samuel - are here named Vashni and Abiah. The first-born is called (1 Samuel 8:2) Joel; and this name is given to him in 1 Chronicles 6:38 of this chapter. It is now generally thought by the best critics-Mede, Kennicott, Jebb, etc.-that, through an error of the copyists, an omission has been made of the oldest son's name, and that х_ WASHNIY_ (H2059)] 'and the second' has been exalted into the name of a person, Vashni. This critical emendation of the text makes all clear as well as consistent with other passages relating to the family of Samuel....

Verse 1 Chronicles 6:28. _THE FIRST-BORN VASHNI, AND ABIAH._] There is a great mistake in this verse: in 1 Samuel 8:2 we read, _Now the name of his_ (Samuel's) _first-born was Joel; and the name_ _of his second Abiah_. The word יואל _Joel_ is lost out of the text in this place, and ושני _vesheni_, which signifies _the second_, and which refers to _Abiah_, is made here into a proper name. The _Septuagint, Vulgate_, and _Chaldee_, copy this blunder; but the _Syriac_ and _Arabic_ read as in 1 Samuel 8:2. The MSS. have all copied the corrupted Hebrew in this place. _Jarchi_ labours to restore the true reading, and yet preserve the integrity of the text, by pa...

VASHNI - The true name of Samuel’s first-born, which was “Joel” (see the margin and references), has here dropped out; and the word properly meaning “and his second (son)” has been taken as the name of the first....

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 is reached at the twenty-fifth name from Levi, though not necessarily the twenty-fifth generation, as there appear (1 Chronicles 6:11) to be some omissions. Nor are all the names which are given those of high priests, for the genealogy of Jehozadak did not always pass though such. 1 CHRONICLES 6:1 This verse gives the three branches of Levi,and is in agreement with the enumeration of them in...

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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 high-priestly line is first given, starting with Levi, and followed down to the exile. From Eleazar the son of Aaron, twenty-two generations are named. Moses is not mentioned in this list. With Aaron his brother he is called a priest (Psalms 99:6), yet he was chosen as the great leader of the people before the consecration of the levitical priesthood. This is the reason why his name is not found here. The last pri

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, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2) with the exception of Cain's descendants (Genesis 4:16) the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3); David (1 Chronicles 3:1); Judah again, and made up of fragments ...

THE FIRSTBORN VASHNI. Compare 1 Samuel 8:2, where the firstborn's name "came to be" Joel. From 1 Chronicles 6:28 it seems to have been originally Vashni. From 1 Chronicles 6:33 he seems to have had two names....

THE SONS OF SAMUEL— _The sons of Samuel, Joel his first-born, Abiah his second._ See 1 Chronicles 6:33 and 1 Samuel 8:2. At the end of the 27th verse, instead of _Elkanah his son,_ read _Samuel his son._ Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—1st, As Judah had the pre-eminence, and Joseph the birthright, Levi had the honour of the priesthood. Among the descendants of Kohath were Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, whose names are great in God's book. Two of the sons of Aaron, on whom the priesthood was settled, suffered for their daring presumption. In the others, the priestly line was maintained. The line of Eleazar to the captivity is drawn, during which the high-priesthood in general continued in that family; though, in the time of the judges, we find it for a while transferred to the descendan

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. And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4. Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 5. and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6. and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7. Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8. and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9. and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10. and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem,) 11. and Azariah begat A