1 Chronicles 6:16

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

1 Chronicles 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:16

The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
] Which is repeated from ( 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as in ( Exodus 6:17-19 ) .

1 Chronicles 6:16 In-Context

14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

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

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

17 And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

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