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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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AND UNTO THE SONS OF KOHATH—WERE GIVEN, &C.— _And to the rest of
the sons of Kohath from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and the
tribe of Dan, and the half tribe of Manasseh, were given by lot t...
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_AND UNTO THE SONS OF KOHATH, WHICH WERE LEFT OF THE FAMILY OF THAT
TRIBE, WERE CITIES GIVEN OUT OF THE HALF TRIBE, NAMELY, OUT OF THE
HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH, BY LOT, TEN CITIES._
Unto the sons of Ko...
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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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_Which were_ LEFT] i.e. other descendants of Kohath, exclusive of the
sons of Aaron. _Out of_ THE HALF _tribe_] The names of Ephraim (1
Chronicles 6:66) and Dan are accidentally omitted: see Joshua 21...
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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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AND UNTO THE SONS OF KOHATH, WHICH WERE LEFT OF THE FAMILY OF THAT
TRIBE. — A comparison with Joshua 21:5 shows that the text is again
mutilated. That passage reads (Heb.), “And unto the sons of Kohat...
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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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_[1 Chronicles 6:46]_ וְ לִ בְנֵ֨י קְהָ֜ת הַ...
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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 unto the sons of (r) Kohath, [which were] left of the family of
that tribe, [were cities given] out of the half tribe, [namely, out
of] the half [tribe] of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
(r) That...
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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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And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that
tribe, were cities given out of the half-tribe, namely, out of the
half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities, Joshua 21:26....
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THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES...
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WHICH WERE LEFT, over and above the priests who were of the same
family of Kohath and tribe of Levi. BY LOT, TEN CITIES, or, _by lot_
(with a full point, for there the sense ends). All their cities we...
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1 Chronicles 6:61 rest H3498 (H8737) family H4940 tribe H4294
Kohathites H1121 H6955 lot H1486 ten H6235 c
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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 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 6:2; 1 Chronicles
6:33;...