King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 6:29 Mean?
“The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,”
Context
27
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28
And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. Vashni: called also Joel
29
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
30
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(29, 30) A short list of Merarite names. (Comp. Numbers 3:20, and 1Chronicles 6:14, *supra,* for the two sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, after whom the clans of the Merarites were designated. The present list traces the line of Mahli to the seventh generation; all the names are alike unknown. Below, 1Chronicles 6:44-47, we have another line going back to Mushi, brother of Mahli. Why has the chronicler preserved the three lists of 1Chronicles 6:19-30? The process from Levi to the worthless sons of Samuel, and the utterly unknown names of Jeaterai and Asaiah, reads like an anti-climax. But it is not to be forgotten that these no longer significant fragments are genuine relics of ancient family registers, and as such may have had more than a merely antiquarian value in the days of the chronicler.
1Chronicles 6:31-32 are a prelude to the pedigrees of Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, the three great masters of David’s choirs (33-48). The nature, time, and place of their special duties are described.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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