1 Chronicles 6:20
Of Gershom:
BSB
ASV
Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
KJV
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Of Gershon, Libni his son,.... Whose genealogy runs thus, Jahath, called Jehiel, 1Ch 23:8. Zimmah, between whom was Shimei, 1Ch 6:42. Joah, the same with Ethan, 1Ch 6:42. Iddo, called Adaiah, 1Ch 6:41. Zerah, Jeaterai, whose name was also Ethni, 1Ch 6:41, the posterity of Shimei, the brother of Libni, are omitted.
Of Gershom - The names in this list are curiously different from those in 1Ch 6:41-43, which yet appear to represent the same line reversed. Probably both lists are more or less corrupted, and, as in many genealogies, omission is made, to reduce the number of the names to seven. Compare e. g. 1Ch 6:22-28 with 1Ch 6:33-38. Compare the other genealogy ties of this chapter; and see also Matt. 1:1-17.
Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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1 Chronicles 6:43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
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The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.