“ Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ”
Of Gershom - The names in this list are curiously different from those in 1 Chronicles 6:41-43 , which yet appear to represent the same line reversed. Probably both lists are more or less corrup...
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 genealogi...
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Zimmah his son - his grandson ( 1 Chronicles 6:42 ).
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.
Of Gershom. — Literally, to — i.e., belonging to Gershom. Libni his son. — See Numbers 3:21 , “To Gershon, the clan of the Libnite, and the clan of the Shimeite; these are the clans of th...
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...
I include the whole of this register under one point of view for the sake of shortness, for it contains nothing more than a register, and, no doubt, a very trite one: but it opens nothing for improve...
Ver. 20,21. Of Gershon, Libni his son ,.... Whose genealogy runs thus, Jahath, called Jehiel, 1 Chronicles 23:8 . Zimmah, between whom was Shimei, 1 Chronicles 6:42 . Joah, the same with Ethan, 1...
The families of the Levites according to their fathers That is, these were the heads of the families which sprang from them. And it is thought the following catalogue contains the successive head...
Genealogies. B. C. 1450. 1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons...
i.e. His grandson, by his son Shimei, as appears from 1 Chronicles 6:42,43 , the names of father and son being oft used in scripture of more remote progenitors or successors.
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter refers wholly to tribe of Levi. Gives the family of Aaron, 1 Chronicles 6:1-15 ; the descendants of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, 1 Chronicles 6:16-30 ; the pedigrees o...
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,...
EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 6:1-13 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 J...
The Line of Priests to the Captivity
1 Chronicles 6:17 ; 1 Chronicles 6:42