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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: 1 Chronicles 6

Chapter 6

The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

A. M. 2304, etc. B.C. 1700, etc. sons of Levi

23:6 Genesis 46:11 Exodus 6:16 Numbers 3:17 26:57

Gershon

16,20

Gershom

Verse 2

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

the sons of Kohath

23:12 Exodus 6:18,21-24

Amram

Amminadab

Verse 3

And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Aaron

23:13 Exodus 6:20

Miriam

Exodus 2:4,7 15:20 Micah 6:4

Nadab

24:1,2 Exodus 6:23 24:1 28:1 Leviticus 10:1,12,16

Eleazar

24:3-6

Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

Phinehas

50 9:20 Exodus 6:25 Numbers 25:6-11,13 31:6 Joshua 22:13,30-32 24:33 Judges 20:28 Ezra 8:2 Psalms 106:30,31

Abishua

Ezra 7:1-5

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

Ahitub

2 Samuel 8:17

Zadok

2 Samuel 15:35 17:15 20:25 1 Kings 1:8,34,44 2:35

Ahimaaz

2 Samuel 15:27,36 17:17,20 18:19,22,27-29

And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

A. M. 3244. B.C. 760

Johanan

Johanan is supposed to the same as Jehoiada, as he would otherwise not be mentioned.

executed

2 Chronicles 26:17-20

the temple

Heb. the house. Solomon.

1 Kings 6:1-7 2 Chronicles 3:4

And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

Amariah

Ezra 7:3

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

Shallum

9:11 Nehemiah 11:11

Meshullam

Verse 13

And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

Hilkiah

2 Kings 22:12-14 2 Chronicles 34:14-20 35:8

And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

A. M. 3416. B.C. 588

Seraiah

Seraiah was carried to Riblah, and there put to death by order of Nebuchadnezzar; so that with him ended the succession of high priests in the first temple.

2 Kings 25:18 Ezra 7:1 Nehemiah 11:11 Zechariah 6:11

And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

Jehozadak

Ezra 5:2

Jozadak

Haggai 1:1,12,14 2:2

Josedech

when the Lord.

2 Kings 25:18,21 2 Chronicles 36:17-21 Jeremiah 39:9 52:12-15,28

by the hand

Exodus 4:13 2 Kings 14:27 Acts 14:27 Romans 15:18

The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

A. M. 2304. B.C. 1700, etc. Gershom

1 Exodus 6:16

Gershon

Verse 17

And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

the sons of Gershom

23:7 Numbers 3:18,21

Shimei

Exodus 6:17

Shimi

Verse 18

And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

Amram

2,3 23:12

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

Mahli

23:21 24:26 Exodus 6:19

Mahali

Numbers 3:20 26:57,58

Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

Libni

Zimmah

Verse 21

Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

Joah

Ethan

Zerah.

Adaiah

Jeaterai.

Ethni

Verse 22

The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

Amminadab

2,18 Exodus 6:21,24

Izhar

Verse 24

Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

Uriel

Zephaniah, Azariah, Joel

Verse 25

And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

A. M. 2904, etc. B.C. 1100, etc. Elkanah

35,36 Exodus 6:24

As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

Zophai

35 1 Samuel 1:1

Zuph

Nahath.

Toah

1 Samuel 1:1

Tohu

Verse 27

Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

Eliab

Eliel

1 Samuel 1:1

Elihu

Elkanah.

1 Samuel 1:1,19,20 Houbigant says that we may here venture to add, "Samuel his son."

And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

Vashni

33 1 Samuel 8:2

Joel

Verse 29

The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

Mahli

19 Numbers 3:33

And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

A. M. 2962. B.C. 1042. whom David

15:16-22,27 25:1-31

after that

16:1 2 Samuel 6:17 Psalms 132:8,14

And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

they ministered

16:4-6,37-42 Psalms 68:24,25

until Solomon

10 1 Kings 8:6-13

and then

9:33 25:7-31 2 Chronicles 29:25-30 31:2 35:15 Ezra 3:10,11 6:18 Nehemiah 11:17-23 12:27,28,45-47 Psalms 134:1,2 135:1-3

waited Heb

stood. according to their order. This order is specified below.

And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

Heman

15:17,19 16:41,42 25:1-5 2 Chronicles 5:12 29:14 Psalms 88:1 *title

Joel

Vashni

Shemuel. This variation, as well as some others, only exists in the translation; the Hebrew being uniformly ShemuÎl.

28 1 Samuel 1:20,28

Samuel

Verse 34

The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

Eliel

Eliab

Toah

Nahath

Verse 35

The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

Zuph

Zophai

Verse 36

The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

Joel

While it is sufficiently evident that many of the variations of the names of persons have arisen from the carelessness of transcribers, or the inattention of translators, and others from a difference (probably dialectical in the pronunciation; it is also evident, that the smae persons, as in these instances, must have had two or more totally distinct names.

Shaul, Uzziah, Uriel

Verse 37

The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

Ebiasaph

Exodus 6:21-24

Abiasaph

Korah.

Numbers 16:1-35 26:10,11 Psalms 42:1 44:1 45:1 49:1 84:1 85:1

*titles

Verse 38

The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

Izhar

Numbers 3:19

Izehar

16:1

And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

his brother

Asaph is probably called his brother, because he was of the same tribe as Heman; or, perhaps, because he was his companion or associate.

Asaph

15:17-19 16:7 25:2 26:1 2 Chronicles 5:12 20:14 29:13,30 2 Chronicles 35:15 Ezra 2:41 3:10 Nehemiah 7:44 11:17,22 12:35,46 Psalms 50:1 73:1 74:1 75:1 76:1 77:1 78:1 79:1 80:1 *titles; Psalms 81:1 82:1 83:1 *titles

The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

Ethni

Jeaterai

Adaiah.

Iddo

Verse 42

The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

Ethan

Joah

Verse 43

The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

Jahath

Gershom

1,16,17,20 23:6 Genesis 46:11 Exodus 2:22 6:16 Numbers 3:17

Gershon

Verse 44

And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

Ethan

25:1,3,6

Jeduthun

Psalms 89:1 *title

Kishi

15:17

Kushaiah

Verse 47

The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

Merari

23:21,28 Exodus 6:19 Numbers 3:20,33-36 4:42 7:8 10:17 Joshua 21:7,34-40

Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

brethren

23:2 25:1-26 Numbers 3:1-4 8:5-26 16:9,10 18:1-32

But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

A. M. 2513. B.C. 1491. Aaron

Exodus 27:1-8 30:1-7 Leviticus 1:5,7-9 8:1-10 21:1-22 Numbers 16:16-50 Numbers 17:1-13 Deuteronomy 18:1-8 Hebrews 7:11-14

make an atonement

Exodus 29:33,36,37 30:10-16 Leviticus 4:20 Numbers 15:25 16:46 Job 33:24 *marg:

Moses

Deuteronomy 34:5 Joshua 1:1

And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

these are, etc

We have already had a list of these, though more extensive.

Eleazar

3-9 24:1 Exodus 6:23 28:1 Leviticus 10:16 Numbers 3:4,32 20:26-28 27:22 Ezra 7:1-5 8:33

Phinehas

4 9:20

Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

Zadok

8 12:28 23:16 24:3,31 1 Samuel 2:35 2 Samuel 8:17 15:24-27,35,36 2 Samuel 17:15-17 20:25 1 Kings 1:8,26,34 2:35 4:4 Ezekiel 44:15

Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

A. M. 2561. B.C. 1443. these are

Numbers 35:1-8 Joshua 21:3-8

castles

Genesis 25:16

of the families

Joshua 21:4,5

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

Hebron

Joshua 14:13 15:13 21:11-13 Judges 1:20

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

the city of refuge

Numbers 35:13-15 Joshua 20:7-9

Libnah

Joshua 10:29 15:42 21:13,14

Jattir

4:17 Joshua 15:48

And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

Hilen

Joshua 15:51 21:15

Holon

Debir.

Joshua 10:3,38 12:13 15:49

And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:

Ashan

It is probable that either Ain, in Joshua, is a mistake for Ashan, or that it was called by both names.

4:32 Joshua 15:42 21:16

Ain

Beth-shemesh.

Joshua 15:10 21:16 1 Samuel 6:12-19 Jeremiah 43:13

And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

Geba

8:6 Joshua 18:24 21:17 1 Samuel 13:3

Alemeth

Joshua 21:18

Almon

Anathoth.

1 Kings 2:26 Isaiah 10:30 Jeremiah 1:1 11:23 37:12

thirteen cities

Here there are only eleven enumerated; but two more are added in the book of Joshua, Juttah and Gibeon, which make thirteen. None of the versions give the full number of names, though they all give the whole sum of thirteen; and it is probable that these two cities had been destroyed and lay in ruins when this book was written, and hence were not enumerated.

And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

And unto

1,2,18,33

left

66 Joshua 21:4,5,20-26

And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

Gershom

71-76 Exodus 2:22 Joshua 21:27-33

Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Merari

77-81 Genesis 46:11 Numbers 3:20 Joshua 21:7,34-40

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

the children

Joshua 21:41,42

with their

Numbers 35:2-5

And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

these cities

Verse 67

And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

Shechem

Genesis 33:18 35:4 Joshua 20:7 21:21

Gezer

Joshua 12:12 16:3,10 21:21 1 Kings 9:16

And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

Jokmeam

Joshua 21:22

Kibzaim

Beth-horon.

Joshua 10:11 16:5 1 Samuel 13:18

And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

Aijalon

Joshua 10:12

Ajalon

Joshua 21:24

Gath-rimmon

Joshua 21:24,25

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

Aner

Aner is probably another name of Tanach, which was a city of the half tribe of Manasseh, west of Jordan; and Eusebius, Jerome, and Procopius of Gaza, say that it was in their time a considerable place, three miles from Legio.

Joshua 21:25

Tanach, Gath-rimmon

Bileam.

Joshua 17:11

Ibleam

Verse 71

Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

Golan

Deuteronomy 4:43 Joshua 20:8 21:27

Ashtaroth

Deuteronomy 1:4 Joshua 9:10 21:27

Beesh-terah

Verse 72

And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

Kedesh

Joshua 19:37 21:32 Judges 4:9

Daberath

Joshua 21:28,29

Kishon, Daberah, Jarmuth, En-gannim

Verse 74

And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

Mashal

Joshua 19:26 21:30

Mishal

Verse 75

And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

Hukok

Joshua 21:31

Helkath

Verse 76

And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

Kedesh

Joshua 12:22 19:37 20:7 21:32 Judges 4:6

Kadesh-naphtali

Hammon.

Joshua 21:32

Hammoth-dor, Kartan

Verse 77

Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

Rimmon

Joshua 21:34,35

Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah, Nahalal

Tabor

Probably the city on the summit of Tabor, mentioned by Polybius and Josephus, the remains of which still exist.

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

Bezer

Deuteronomy 4:41-43 Joshua 20:8 21:36

Jahzah

Joshua 21:36,37

Jahazah

Verse 80

And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

Ramoth

73 Joshua 21:38,39 1 Kings 22:3-28 2 Kings 9:1

Mahanaim

Genesis 32:2 Joshua 21:38 2 Samuel 17:24,27 19:32

And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

Heshbon

Numbers 21:25 32:37 Deuteronomy 2:24 Joshua 13:26 Nehemiah 9:22 Song of Solomon 7:4

Jazer

Numbers 32:1,3 Joshua 13:25 21:39