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1 Chronicles 6:1

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The sons of Levi [were] Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The sonnes of Leui were Gershon, Kohath, ? Merari.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The sonnes of Leui: Gershon, Kohath & Merari.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— THE sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The sons of Levi: Gershom{gr.Gedson}, Kohath{gr.Caath}, and Merari.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The sons of Lewi; Gershon, Qehath, and Merari.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The sons 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of Lëwî לֵוִי; 3878
{3878} Prime
לֵוִי
Leviy
{lay-vee'}
From H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob.
Gëršôn גֵּרשׁוֹן, 1648
{1648} Prime
גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Ger@shown
{gay-resh-one'}
From H1644; a refugee; Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite.
Kæhäŧ קְהָת, 6955
{6955} Prime
קְהָת
Q@hath
{keh-hawth'}
From an unused root meaning to ally oneself; allied; Kehath, an Israelite.
and Mærärî מְרָרִי. 4847
{4847} Prime
מְרָרִי
M@rariy
{mer-aw-ree'}
From H4843; bitter; Merari, an Israelite.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:1

_ _ 1 Chronicles 6:1-48. Line of the priests.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:1-30

_ _ The priests and Levites were more concerned than any other Israelites to preserve their pedigree clear and to be able to prove it, because all the honours and privileges of their office depended upon their descent. And we read of those who, though perhaps they really were children of the priests, yet, because they could not find the register of their genealogies, nor make out their descent by any authentic record, were, as polluted, put from the priesthood, and forbidden to eat of the holy things, Ezra 2:62, Ezra 2:63. It is but very little that is here recorded of the genealogies of this sacred tribe. I. The first fathers of it are here named twice, 1 Chronicles 6:1, 1 Chronicles 6:16. Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, are three names which we were very conversant with in the book of Numbers, when the families of the Levites were marshalled and had their work assigned to them. Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam, we have known much more of than their names, and cannot pass them over here without remembering that this was that Moses and Aaron whom God honoured in making them instruments of Israel's deliverance and settlement and figures of him that was to come, Moses as a prophet and Aaron as a priest. And the mention of Nadab and Abihu (though, having no children, there was no occasion to bring them into the genealogy) cannot but remind us of the terrors of that divine justice which they were made monuments of for offering strange fire, that we may always fear before him. 2. The line of Eleazar, the successor of Aaron, is here drawn down to the time of the captivity, 1 Chronicles 6:4-15. It begins with Eleazar, who came out of the house of bondage in Egypt, and ends with Jehozadak, who went into the house of bondage in Babylon. Thus, for their sins, they were left as they were found, which might also intimate that the Levitical priesthood did not make anything perfect, but this was to be done by the bringing in of a better hope. All these here named were not high priests; for, in the time of the judges, that dignity was, upon some occasion or other, brought into the family of Ithamar, of which Eli was; but in Zadok it returned again to the right line. Of Azariah it is here said (v. 10), He it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built. It is supposed that this was that Azariah who bravely opposed the presumption of king Uzziah when he invaded the priest's office (2 Chronicles 26:17, 2 Chronicles 26:18), though he ventured his neck by so doing. This was done like a priest, like one that was truly zealous for his God. He that thus boldly maintained and defended the priest's office, and made good its barriers against such a daring insult, might well be said to execute it; and this honour is put upon him for it; while Urijah, one of his successors, for a base compliance with King Ahaz, in building him an idolatrous altar, has the disgrace put upon him of being left out of this genealogy, as perhaps some others are. But some think that this remark upon this Azariah should have been added to his grandfather of the same name (1 Chronicles 6:9), who was the son of Ahimaaz, and that he was the priest who first officiated in Solomon's temple. 3. Some other of the families of the Levites are here accounted for. One of the families of Gershom (that of Libni) is here drawn down as far as Samuel, who had the honour of a prophet added to that of a Levite. One of the families of Merari (that of Mahli) is likewise drawn down for several descents, 1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:30.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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sons of Levi:

1 Chronicles 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Exodus 6:16 And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred thirty and seven years.
Numbers 3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 26:57 And these [are] they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

Gershon:

1 Chronicles 6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
, Gershom
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Gn 46:11. Ex 6:16. Nu 3:17; 26:57. 1Ch 6:16, 20; 23:6.

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