Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 15:5
Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty:
5. the sons of Kohath: Uriel ] Kohath had four sons (Exo 6:18 = 1Ch 6:18) Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Here the descendants of Amram (exclusive of the priests, the Aaronites) represented by Uriel head the list (1Ch 15:5), and the descendants of Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel appear in 1Ch 15:8-10 respectively. Elizaphan (1Ch 15:8), either stands for the Izhar of Exo 6:18, or is the name of some prominent descendant of Izhar after whom the whole family was named. As regards number the Kohathites were 512 against 350 of the sons of Merari and the sons of Gershom combined. In 1Ch 6:60-63 (45 48 Heb. division) 23 cities are reckoned to Kohath against 25 to Merari and Gershom combined. The Kohathites formed the largest and most important of the three divisions of the Levites.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sons of Kohath – The order of the sons of Levi according to primogeniture is, Gershom, Kohath, Merari Gen 46:11; Exo 6:16. But the Kohathites, of whom came the priestly family of the Aaronites, had precedence in all respects. To them especially was committed the attendance upon the ark and the bearing of it. Of the six Levitical families mentioned 1Ch 15:5-10 one only was descended from Gershom, one from Merari, and four (Uriel, Elizaphan, Hebron, and Uzziel) from Kohath.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Of the sons of Kohath, to wit, of Amram or Izhar, Kohaths sons, Num 3:27. Otherwise Elizaphan, 1Ch 15:8, and Hebron, 1Ch 15:9, and Uzziel, 1Ch 15:10, were Kohaths children; of which see Exo 6:17,18,22.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 1Ch 15:4].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Of the sons of Kohath.Kohath comes first, as the senior clan, to which the priestly house of Aaron itself belonged.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(5-7) Uriel (El is light), Asaiah (Iah made), Joel (Iah is El) occur as Levitical names in 1Ch. 6:24; 1Ch. 6:30; 1Ch. 6:33, and elsewhere.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
sons of Kohath. Of the six Ark-carriers, four were chosen from Kohath, one from Merari, and one from Gershom.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Uriel: 1Ch 6:22-24
brethren: or, kinsmen
Reciprocal: Num 3:19 – General 1Ch 15:11 – Uriel 2Ch 29:12 – Kohathites
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 15:5. Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief The sons of Kohath are mentioned Exo 6:17-18, and Uriel is not one of them: therefore he must have been his grandson, and a person so famous that his descendants are mentioned in the first place.