Discovery Box1 Chronicles 6:18-32
Context6:18 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
6:19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites by their families. 1
6:20 To Gershom:
His son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, 6:21 his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.
His son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, 6:23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, 6:24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.
6:25 The sons of Elkanah:
Amasai, Ahimoth, 3 6:26 his son Elkanah, 4 his son Zophai, his son Nahath, 6:27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah. 5
6:28 The sons of Samuel:
Joel the firstborn 6 and Abijah the second oldest.
6:29 The descendants of Merari:
Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, 6:30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.
6:31 These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, 7 after the ark was placed there. 6:32 They performed music 8 before the sanctuary 9 of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. 10 They carried out their tasks according to regulations.
[6:19] 1 tn Heb “by their fathers.”
[6:22] 1 tn Or perhaps, “descendants,” since the list differs from the one in v. 18.
[6:25] 1 tn Heb “and Achimoth.”
[6:26] 1 tc The consonantal Hebrew text (Kethib) has, “Elkanah, his son, Elkanah.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah.” The text probably originally read simply, “Elkanah his son.”
[6:27] 1 tc After the last named individual (“Elkanah” in v. 27) some LXX
[6:28] 1 tc The Hebrew text lacks the name יוֹאֵל (yo’el, “Joel”), which has probably dropped out due to homoioteleuton (note the last three letters of the preceding name שְׁמוּאֵל (shÿmuel, “Samuel”).
[6:32] 1 tn Heb “they were serving…with music.”
[6:32] 2 tn Or traditionally “tabernacle.”
[6:32] 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
