Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 6:16
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
16 30 (= 1Ch 6:1-15 according to the Heb. division). The three clans of the Levites. The Levitic Descent of Samuel the Prophet
16. Gershom ] elsewhere Gershon. Gershom was the name of Moses’ son; Exo 2:22.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
A general account of the several branches of the tribe of Levi.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
This he repeats, as the foundation of the following genealogy of those Levites who were not priests.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
16-48. The sons of Levi; Gershom,&c.This repetition (see 1Ch6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogyof the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a longone, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families untilDavid’s reign, who made a new and different classification of them bycourses.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Which is repeated from 1Ch 6:1 for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as in Ex 6:17.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(Ch. 6). The families and cities of the Levites. – Vv. 1-34. Register of the families of the Levites. – This is introduced by an enumeration of the sons and grandsons of Levi (1Ch 6:16-19), which is followed by lists of families in six lines of descent: ( a) the descendants of Gershon (1Ch 6:20-21), of Kohath (1Ch 6:22-28), and of Merari (1Ch 6:29-30); and ( b) the genealogies of David’s chief musicians (1Ch 6:31, 1Ch 6:32), of Heman the Kohathite (1Ch 6:33-38), of Asaph the Gershonite (1Ch 6:39-43), and of Ethan the Merarite (1Ch 6:44-47); and in 1Ch 6:48, 1Ch 6:49, some notes as to the service performed by the other Levites and the priests are added.
(6:1-4). The sons of Levi are in 1Ch 6:1 again enumerated as in 1Ch 6:1; then in 1Ch 6:16-22 the sons of these three sons, i.e., the grandsons of Levi, are introduced, while in 1Ch 6:1 only the sons of Kohath are mentioned. The only object of this enumeration is to make quite clear the descent of the Levitic families which follow. The name of the first son of Levi is in 1Ch 6:16, 1Ch 6:17, 1Ch 6:20, etc. of this chapter , which was the name of Moses’ son, cf. 1Ch 23:15.; whereas in 1Ch 6:1 and in the Pentateuch we find a different pronunciation, viz., . The names of Levi’s grandsons in 1Ch 6:17-22 coincide with the statements of the Pentateuch, Exo 6:17-19, and Num 3:17-20, cf. Num 26:57. Bertheau and other commentators consider the words in 1Ch 6:17, “and these are the families of Levi according to their fathers,” to be a “concluding subscription” to the statements of 1Ch 6:15-17, and would remove before , as not compatible with this supposition. But in this he is wrong: for although the similar statement in Exo 6:20 is a subscription, yet it is in Num 3:20 a superscription, and must in our verse also be so understood; for otherwise the enumeration of the descendants of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, which follows, would be brought in very abruptly, without any connecting particle, and the before points to the same conclusion.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Levite Families, Verses 16-30
The sons of Levi” named again; they are the three chief families of the Levites. Other lesser families are found in each of the three, which are enumerated in the succeeding verses. Of Gershom were two: Libni and Shimei; of Kohath were four: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; of Merari were two: Mahli and Mushi. Verses 20-21 are the descendants of Gershom, verses 22-28 are those of Kohath, and verses 29-30 list the children of Marad’s sons.
Among the descendants of Kohath, in verse 28, are named the sons of Samuel the prophet, Vashni and Abiah. Vashni is called Joel in other places (1Sa 8:2).
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(16-19) The three branches of Levi with their main subdivisions. Parallel passages, Exo. 6:16-19; Num. 3:17-20.
(16) Gershom.See Note on 1Ch. 6:1. In the Pentateuch, Gershom is son of Moses; Gershon, son of Levi.
(19) And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.The wordfamilies (Heb., mishpehuth) does not mean single households, but groups of households, or clans. The sentence concludes the short list of the great Levitical houses, just as at Exo. 6:19. (See also Num. 3:20, where a like formula appears to introduce what follows.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 6:16. &c. The sons of Levi This pedigree of the posterity of Levi is given again, 1Ch 6:43. It appears most probable, that in this catalogue the name of the son of Gershom was omitted, and Libni, inserted, from beno, his son, since the name of Gershom’s son in the Syriac and Arabic, 1Ch 6:20, is said to be Nahath instead of Jahath, as we find it in the second catalogue. See Pilkington, p. 29.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
sons of Levi. These were not high priests.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ch 6:16-30
1Ch 6:16-30
“The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath were Antram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. The sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the familes of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. Of Gerhom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. And the sons of Samuel: the first-born, Joel, and the second Abijah. The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libna his son, Shimei his son, Samuel his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.”
E.M. Zerr:
1Ch 6:16. This chapter starts with the names of Levi’s three sons. That is for the purpose of introducing the priestly and legal lines of Aaron and Moses. Now the same three sons are mentioned to introduce some of the other special work.
1Ch 6:17-30. The three sons, Ger. shorn (also spelled Gershon), Kohath and Merari, had families, and the work of these groups was assigned to them. A list of these registrations is hereby given, which was put into the records in order to settle any misunderstanding that might arise concerning the work in the future.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
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Gershom: 1Ch 6:1, Exo 6:16, Gershon
Reciprocal: Gen 46:11 – Gershon Num 3:17 – General Num 26:57 – these are 1Ch 6:43 – Gershom 1Ch 15:4 – the children of Aaron 1Ch 23:6 – Gershon 2Ch 29:12 – Kohathites Ezr 8:19 – Merari
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1Ch 6:16. The sons of Levi, Gershom, &c. This he repeats as the foundation of the following genealogy of those Levites who were not priests.