1 Chronicles 6:47
Shemer was the son of Mahli. Mahli was the son of Mushi. Mushi was the son of Merari. Merari was the son of Levi.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
In Context
46Hilkiah was the son of Amzi. Amzi was the son of Bani. Bani was the son of Shemer.
Cross References
Numbers 3:20The clans coming from Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, listed clan by clan.
Numbers 4:42The descendants of Merari were counted in their clans by their ancestor's families,
Numbers 10:17The descendants of Gershon and of Merari, who cared for the tabernacle, took down the tabernacle and then set out on their journey.
Joshua 21:27From the half tribe of Manasseh, to clans of Gershon, these were other Levite clans, and they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally, along with Be Eshterah with its pasturelands—two cities in all.
1 Chronicles 6:56but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
1 Chronicles 23:28Their duty was to assist Aaron's descendants in the service of Yahweh's house. They were to care for the courtyards, the rooms, the ceremonial purification of all the things that belong to Yahweh, and other work in the service of God's house.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:32-54
Genealogies. ( b. c. 1015.) 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. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 34 The son… Read the whole commentary →