The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
The priests and Levites were more concerned than any other Israelites to preserve their pedigree clear and to be able to prove it, because all the honours and privileges of their office depended upon their descent. And we read of those who, though perhaps they really were children of the priests, yet, because they could not find the register of their genealogies, nor make out...
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 6:1-30
The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Which is repeated from Ch1 6:1 for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as in Exo 6:17. . 1 Chronicles 6:20 ch1 6:20 ch1 6:20 ch1 6:20Of Gershon, Libni his son,.... Whose genealogy runs thus, Jahath, called Jehiel, Ch1 23:8. Zimmah, between whom was Shimei, Ch1 6:42.
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 6:1-7