1 Chronicles 6 - Introduction
_THE GENEALOGY OF LEVI, AND OF AARON: THE OFFICES OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES. THE CITIES WHICH WERE ASSIGNED THEM._ _Before Christ 1300._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE GENEALOGY OF LEVI, AND OF AARON: THE OFFICES OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES. THE CITIES WHICH WERE ASSIGNED THEM._ _Before Christ 1300._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE IT IS THAT EXECUTED THE PRIEST'S OFFICE, &C.— Some suppose that this Azariah is he who strenuously opposed king Uzziah; and that, therefore, he is thus mentioned. Houbigant thinks that he was the son of Zadok, mentioned 1 Kings 4:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
AZARIAH BEGAT SERAIAH, &C.— Seraiah was put to death by Nebuchadnezzar. In him ended the succession of high-priests under the first temple. Their number from Zadok amounted to twelve.... [ Continue Reading ]
_1 CHRONICLES 6:16_. &C. _THE SONS OF LEVI_— This pedigree of the posterity of Levi is given again, 1 Chronicles 6:43. It appears most probable, that in this catalogue the name of the son of Gershom was omitted, and לבני _Libni,_ inserted, from בנו _beno, his son,_ since the name of Gershom's son in... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEIRS WAS THE LOT— _The first lot._ Syriac and Houbigant. See Joshua 21:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 catalogue before us, two of the names are omitted, and only five of them written as they are in Joshu... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ten cities._... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF THE TRIBE OF ZEBULUN— Here are some names changed, and some omitted; for in Judges 21:34 four cities are assigned to the _Merarites_ out of the tribe of Zebulun; whereas two only are mentioned here, the names of which are not the same. See and compare the places. REFLECTIONS.—The Levites were... [ Continue Reading ]