This chapter begins with the fathers and heads of the tribe of Levi, 1Ch 6:1, and reckons up the high priests in the line of Eleazar, to the Babylonish captivity, 1Ch 6:4 gives an account of the families of the sons of Levi, 1Ch 6:16 and of those Levites that were employed as singers, and in other ministrations in the sanctuary in the times of David and Solomon, 1Ch 6:31, then follows a repetition of the sons of Aaron in the line of Eleazar, to the said times, 1Ch 6:50, and a recital of the dwelling places of the Levites in the several tribes, 1Ch 6:54.
Ver. 1. The sons of Levi,....