Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 6:29
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
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
Ver. 29,30. The sons of Merari; Mahli,…. The posterity of his brother Mushi are omitted; his genealogy is drawn thus, Libni, Shimei, Uzza, Shimea, Haggiah, Asaiah.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(29, 30) A short list of Merarite names. (Comp. Num. 3:20, and 1Ch. 6:14, supra, for the two sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, after whom the clans of the Merarites were designated. The present list traces the line of Mahli to the seventh generation; all the names are alike unknown. Below, 1Ch. 6:44-47, we have another line going back to Mushi, brother of Mahli. Why has the chronicler preserved the three lists of 1Ch. 6:19-30? The process from Levi to the worthless sons of Samuel, and the utterly unknown names of Jeaterai and Asaiah, reads like an anti-climax. But it is not to be forgotten that these no longer significant fragments are genuine relics of ancient family registers, and as such may have had more than a merely antiquarian value in the days of the chronicler.
1Ch. 6:31-32 are a prelude to the pedigrees of Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, the three great masters of Davids choirs (33-48). The nature, time, and place of their special duties are described.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Mahli: 1Ch 6:19, Num 3:33
Reciprocal: Num 3:20 – General 1Ch 9:14 – of the sons 1Ch 15:6 – Merari