1 Chronicles 6:8

_AND UZZI BEGAT ZERAHIAH, AND ZERAHIAH BEGAT MERAIOTH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

Verse 1 Chronicles 6:8. _AHITUB BEGAT ZADOK_] Through this person the high priesthood came again into the family of Eleazar....

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...

1 Chronicles 6:3....

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 ...

ZADOK. Compare 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:27. 2Sa 24:3, 2 Samuel 24:6 2 Samuel 24:31. AHIMAAZ. Compare 1 Chronicles 6:53. 2Sa 15:27, 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 18:22;...

_Ahitub begat Zadok_ From 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:29; 2 Samuel 20:25 it appears that there were two highpriests in David's day; Zadok however is always mentioned before his colleague. _Ahimaaz_ 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 17:17-21; 2 Samuel 18:19 ff....

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

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....