The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
Sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
Voices2
The sons of Merari; Mahli,.... The posterity of his brother Mushi are omitted; his genealogy is drawn thus, Libni, Shimei, Uzza, Shimea, Haggiah, Asaiah.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
The verses this one reaches5
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;
The walk6
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
leads to
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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 independent paths from here.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
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.
Through
Numbers 3:33From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
leads to
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
