1 Chronicles 6:29
in 1 Chronicles 6The descendants of Merari:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
KJV
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
This site's exposition
Gershom, Kohath, and Merari
on 1 Chronicles 6:16-30
Kohath's branch is carried furthest, reaching Elkanah and Samuel. For Samuel's sons the Hebrew has Vashni, which Clarke and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read as a copied Hebrew phrase for and the second. Samuel's place in this family explains how a Levite living in Ephraim's hill country could judge Israel.
This site's exposition
The descendants of Merari
The Merarite line here runs through Mahli, the elder son of verse 19. Ethan the singer descends through the other son, Mushi, at verse 47. Numbers 3:33 names both clans.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the L ORD , after that the ark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the L ORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:94%@v31-32
The sons of Merari; Mahli,.... The posterity of his brother Mushi are omitted; his genealogy is drawn thus, Libni, Shimei, Uzza, Shimea, Haggiah, Asaiah.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְרָרִ֖י | merari | Merari | H4847 → | 36 times |
| מַחְלִ֑י | machli | Mahli | H4249 → | 12 times |
| לִבְנִ֥י | livni | Libni | H3845 → | 5 times |
| בְנ֛וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שִׁמְעִ֥י | shimi | Shimei | H8096 → | 43 times |
| בְנ֖וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֻזָּ֥ה | ʾuzah | Uzzah | H5798 → | 14 times |
| בְנֽוֹ׃ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מְרָרִ֖יMerari
merariH4847 →36 times
מַחְלִ֑יMahli
machliH4249 →12 times
לִבְנִ֥יLibni
livniH3845 →5 times
בְנ֛וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
שִׁמְעִ֥יShimei
shimiH8096 →43 times
בְנ֖וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
עֻזָּ֥הUzzah
ʾuzahH5798 →14 times
בְנֽוֹ׃son his
venoH1121 →4930 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:21
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 3:20
And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 24:26
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
- Exodus 6:19
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
- Numbers 26:57–58
Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 23:21
Through
Numbers 3:33From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:19
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
- 1 Chronicles 6:19
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 6:47; Numbers 3:33; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.