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,...
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...
_the cities of Judah_, namely, _Hebron_, the city _of refuge_ Render (with a slight correction of the Hebrew) THE CITY OF REFUGE, HEBRON (cp. Joshua 21:13), Hebron being the only city of refuge here m...
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...
_AND THESE ARE THE SONS OF AARON; ELEAZAR HIS SON, PHINEHAS HIS SON, ABISHUA HIS SON,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
6:57 city (a-10) Lit. 'cities;' and so ver. 67....
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....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 6 The *tribe of Levi –...
(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...
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...
_[1 Chronicles 6:42]_ וְ לִ בְנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֗ן נָתְנוּ֙...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES...
THEY GAVE THE CITIES, or, _out of the cities_; the Hebrew _eth_ being put for _meeth_, as hath been oft noted....
1 Chronicles 6:57 sons H1121 Aaron H175 gave H5414 (H8804) cities H5892 refuge H4733 Hebron H2275 Libnah H3841
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...
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...
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...
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
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-...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 4:17; 1 Samuel 22:10; 2 Chronicles 31:15; Joshua 10:29;...