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1 Chronicles 6:33-38

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

33. 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, 34. The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35. The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36. The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37. The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38. The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

1 Chronicles 6:33-38 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:33

Theological / Devotional

Of the Kohathites: Heman. Verses 33-38 present the ancestry of Heman, a Kohathite, one of the tabernacle singers in the days of David, and his lineage parallels that of vs. 22-28. There are variations in the two lists. Twenty-one generations are listed from Levi to this contemporary of David, a period of about 650 years. Ruth 4:18-22 list ten generations in the line of Judah from Judah to David (see on Matt. 1:3-6). Not all genealogical tables give every link (see on ch. 2:7).

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