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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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THE CITIES OF JUDAH— The author of this book, as well as the author
of the book of Joshua, (chap. 1 Chronicles 21:19.) expressly asserts,
that the cities given to the Levites were _thirteen._ In the c...
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_AND THESE ARE THE SONS OF AARON; ELEAZAR HIS SON, PHINEHAS HIS SON,
ABISHUA HIS SON,_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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6:57 city (a-10) Lit. 'cities;' and so ver. 67....
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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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THEY GAVE THE CITIES OF JUDAH. — Heb. text, _the cities of refuge,
Hebron and Libnah, and her pastures._ Of the cities mentioned only
Hebron was an asylum for the manslayer. The other cities of refuge...
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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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_[1 Chronicles 6:42]_ וְ לִ בְנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֗ן
נָתְנוּ֙...
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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 to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely],
Hebron, [the city] of (o) refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and
Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
(o) That he that had kil...
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Of, is not authorized by the Vulgate civitates, but is added, to
signify that all these 13 cities were not thus privileged. (Haydock)
--- There were only six cites of refuge, of which Hebron was one....
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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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THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES...
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And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, for those guilty of involuntary
manslaughter, AND LIBNAH WITH HER SUBURBS, AND JATTIR, AND ESHTEMOA
WITH THE...
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THEY GAVE THE CITIES, or, _out of the cities_; the Hebrew _eth_ being
put for _meeth_, as hath been oft noted....
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1 Chronicles 6:57 sons H1121 Aaron H175 gave H5414 (H8804) cities
H5892 refuge H4733 Hebron H2275 Libnah H3841
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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 4:17; 1 Samuel 22:10; 2 Chronicles 31:15; Joshua 10:29;...