“ Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, ”
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...
Elkanah. . common Levitical name. Compare verses: 1Ch 6:25, 1 Chronicles 6:27 . Assir. Compare Exodus 6:24 .
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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.
(22–23) The sons of Kohath. As the text stands we have here a threefold list, each portion of which is isolated from the rest, and begins afresh with the word onê (the sons of). (22) Amminadab hi...
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...
1 Chronicles 6:22 .
Genealogies. B. C. 1450. 1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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