3 And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua; 5 And Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi, 6 And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth; 7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub, 8 And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan, 10 And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:) 11 And Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum, 13 And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah, 14 And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak; 15 And Jehozadak went as a prisoner when the Lord took away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:3-15
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Genealogies.
We have an account of Levi in this chapter. The priests and Levites were more concerned than any other Israelites, to preserve their descent clear, and to be able to prove it; because all the honours and privileges of their office depended upon their descent. Now, the Spirit of God calls ministers to their work, without any limit as to the families they came from; and then, as now, though believers and ministers may be very useful to the church, none but our great High Priest can make atonement for sin, nor can any be accepted but through his atonement.