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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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MOUNT. hill country of.
QEZER. See note on 1 Kings 9:15....
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_AND THEY GAVE UNTO THEM, OF THE CITIES OF REFUGE, SHECHEM IN MOUNT
EPHRAIM WITH HER SUBURBS; THEY GAVE ALSO GEZER WITH HER SUBURBS,_
They gave unto them, of the cities of refuge. The names of the ci...
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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 CITIES OF REFUGE] In strictness Shechem alone of those mentioned
in this and the following vv. was a city of refuge....
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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 THEY GAVE UNTO THEM, OF THE CITIES OF REFUGE ... — The correct
version of the Hebrew text is, “And they gave unto them the cities
of refuge, Shechem and her pastures, in the hill-country of Ephrai...
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_[1 Chronicles 6:52]_ וַ יִּתְּנ֨וּ לָהֶ֜ם אֶת
־עָרֵ֧י...
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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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_Of the. Literally, "cities to flee to, ( or of refuge) Sichem,"
(Haydock) which might induce some to suppose that all these cities
were of this description; but, in reality, only Sichem had that
priv...
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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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_They gave unto them of the cities of refuge_ That is, the children of
Israel, as it is expressed 1 Chronicles 6:64, gave to the residue of
the Kohathites the following cities, part out of Ephraim, an...
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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 they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, whose total number
was six, SHECHEM, IN MOUNT EPHRAIM, WITH HER SUBURBS; THEY GAVE ALSO
GEZER WITH HER SUBURBS,...
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THEY GAVE; either the Ephraimites; or rather, the children of Israel,
as it is expressed, 1 CHRONICLES 6:64, who gave part out of Ephraim,
and part out of the half tribe of Manasseh, as it here follow...
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1 Chronicles 6:67 gave H5414 (H8799) cities H5892 refuge H4733 Shechem
H7927 common-lands H4054 mountains H2022 Ephraim...
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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 Kings 9:16; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 35:4; Joshua 12:12; Joshua 16:10;