1 Chronicles 6:1 KJV

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

Matthew Henry

  • GenealogiesWe have an account of Levi in this chapter. The priests and Levites were more concerned than any other Israelites, to preserve their descent clear, and to be...

Thompson Chains

  • GershonLast of 4 links
  • KohathSee the chain from Genesis 46:11 · 4 links
  • AaronSee the chain from Exodus 4:14 · 20 links
  • MosesSee the chain from Exodus 2:2 · 18 links
  • MiriamSee the chain from Exodus 2:4 · 8 links
  • EleazarSee the chain from Exodus 6:23 · 8 links
  • PhinehasSee the chain from Exodus 6:25 · 4 links

Cross References

  • 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 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.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Numbers 3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

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Topics

  • Gershon Son of Levi
  • Israel Divided into families, each of which had a chief

Bible Dictionary

  • LeviAdhesion. (1.) The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the name is found in Leah’s words (Gen 29:34), “This time will my husband be...
  • Gershon=Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen 46:11; Ex 6:16).
  • KohathAssembly, the second son of Levi, and father of Amram (Gen 46:11). He came down to Egypt with Jacob, and lived to the age of one hundred...
  • MerariSad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • The sons בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of Levi לֵוִי lēwî לֵוִי Proper name
  • Gershon גֵּרְשׁוֹן gērĕšôn גֵּרְשׁוֹן Proper name
  • Kohath קְהָת qĕhāt קְהָת Proper name
  • and Merari וּמְרָרִי ûmĕrārî מְרָרִי Proper name · with and

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