1 Chronicles 6:2

Verse 2 of 81. The 6th of 29 chapters in 1 Chronicles, in History.

1The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

5And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

6And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

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The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:2

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…

Read Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:1–30: Genealogies. (b. c. 1450.)

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