1 Chronicles 6:1-15
Summary for 1Chr 6:1-81: 6:1-81 a By its substantial scope and placement in the center of the genealogical lists, this section gives special significance to the priestly tribe of Levi.Summary for 1Chr 6:1-48: 6:1-48 b This section provides the genealogies of the three most significant groups of the tribe of Levi: the high priests (6:1-15 c), the three clans of Levites (6:16-30 d), and the singers (6:31-47 e). Each genealogy begins with an introduction, followed by the list of names. 6:1 f The three sons of Levi are introduced, but their actual genealogies are postponed to follow the list of high priests.
Summary for 1Chr 6:2-15: 6:2-15 g After the Exile, the community of Judea, for whom Chronicles was written, needed to establish unequivocally the legitimate ancestry of the priests. This genealogy of Kohath established continuity between the ancestors known from the Pentateuch and the later high priests down to the exile of Judah in 586 BC; other records connected the priests following the Exile with this line (see Ezra 3:2 h; 7:1-6 i; Hag 1:1 j). Not all who served as high priest were included in this listing.
6:10 k Most Old Testament scholars agree that the phrase the high priest at the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem belongs in 6:9 l (connected to the first Azariah) but that the order was transposed through a scribal error. Making this correction yields 12 generations between Aaron and the building of the Temple, which conforms to the date in 1 Kgs 6:1 m (480 years is the equivalent of 12 generations of 40 years each in numerical typology). The correction also results in 12 generations between the building of the Temple under Azariah to the rebuilding of the Temple under Jeshua (Ezra 3:2 n).
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