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1 Chronicles 6:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Aaron's priestly line reaches temple and exile.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 6:1–15
Read 1 Chronicles 6:7 with 6:1–15. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Levi's line narrows through Aaron and Eleazar to priests associated with Solomon's temple and Jehozadak's deportation.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 6:7 depends on 6:1–15; isolating “Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “Aaron's priestly line reaches temple and exile.”
Read 1 Chronicles 6:1–15 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 6:1–15 forms the complete movement “Aaron's priestly line reaches temple and exile”: Levi's line narrows through Aaron and Eleazar to priests associated with Solomon's temple and Jehozadak's deportation.
Verse 1. 1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Verse 2. 2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
Verse 3. 3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Verse 4. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
Verse 5. 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
Verse 6. 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
Verse 7. 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
Verse 8. 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
Verse 9. 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
Verse 10. 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
Verse 11. 11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
Verse 12. 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
Verse 13. 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
Verse 14. 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
Verse 15. 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 6:1–15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
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