1 Chronicles 6:50

1Ch 6:50. These are the sons of Aaron — Having mentioned the work of the high-priests, he here briefly rehearseth the names of the persons who successively performed it.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

6:50-53 The list of priests from Aaron to Ahimaaz provides an introduction to the territorial list (6:54-81). The list runs down to David’s time, when Ahimaaz served (2 Sam 15:36; 17:17-29; 18:19-29).

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Verse 50. These are the sons of Aaron] We have already had a list of these, (see 1Ch 6:3-16;) this is a second, but less extensive, and is a proof that the writer of this book had several lists before him, from which he borrowed as he judged proper.

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(50-53) If the chronicler, and not his source, be held responsible for this repetition of the Aaronite line, we may regard it as an instance of his inartificial method of making a new start. He is about to pass from the Levitical genealogies to their cities and domains, and he first partially recapitulates the line of Aaron’s sons, because their seats are to be described first. (Comp. 1Ch_6:1-2 with 16, 18.) He stops at Ahimaaz, who lived in the age of David and Solomon, because, apparently, the preceding section was mainly concerned with the Levites of that epoch.

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50–53 (= 35–38 according to the Heb. division). The Line of Aaron to Ahimaaz

This is a fragment, slightly changed in wording, of the genealogy given in 1Ch_6:4-14. It goes as far as the reign of David, or perhaps that of Solomon.

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The sons of Aaron - This list, a mere repetition of that in 1Ch 6:3-8, came, probably, from a different source - a source belonging to the time of David, with whom Ahimaaz (the last name on the list) was contemporary. The other list 1Ch 6:4-15 came, no doubt, from a document belonging to the time of the captivity (see 1Ch 6:15).

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Eleazar. The third son of Aaron (by Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, and descended from Judah through Pharez) is the sea whose descendants are given here, inasmuch as he was appointed chief of the Levites; (Num_3:32) ministered as a priest with his brother Ithamar, even before the death of Aaron; and succeeded him as high priest. (Num_20:28) It was in Eleazar"s family that the high priesthood remained (as above) till the time of Eli, who was descended from Ithamar, and it returned again to the line of Eleazar in Zadok, fulfilling the intimation of 1Sa_2:30.

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General Information:

All of the names in this list are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)

Aaron's descendants are reckoned as follows

"These were the descendants of Aaron"

translationWords

descend

Phinehas

Zadok

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And they gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon Though he did not mention Simeon [in the preceding verses], as giving cities, it gave its share from what Judah gave it. Neither is Judah mentioned above regarding the giving itself, and whatever he mentioned above from (v. 40): “And they gave them Hebron” until (v. 48): “And from the tribe of Benjamin,” the sons of Judah and the sons of Simeon gave; and since he did not mention it above, he mentions it here now.

that they called by names That is to say, that they were called by names previously. Since [the tribe of] Benjamin was friendly with the sons of Aaron, [Scripture] mentions them here, even though it had mentioned them previously.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.