1 Chronicles 6:3

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 6:3 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 6:3 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam, etc.] Very memorable persons: Aaron was the high priest, Moses the prophet and lawgiver, and Miriam a prophetess, (see <330604>Micah 6:4), the sons also of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar; the two first were destroyed by fire from heaven for offering strange fire, (<031001>Leviticus 10:1,2) and the third succeeded his father in the high priesthood; the line of which is drawn from Aaron through him unto the Babylonish captivity, from hence to the end of the fifteenth verse, where it ends: Jehozadak is the same with Josedech, (<370101>Haggai 1:1) who went young into Babylon, and whose son Joshua, born in the captivity, came…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Aaron: Ch1 23:13; Exo 6:20 Miriam: Exo 2:4, Exo 2:7, Exo 15:20; Mic 6:4 Nadab: Ch1 24:1, Ch1 24:2; Exo 6:23, Exo 24:1, Exo 28:1; Lev 10:1, Lev 10:12, Lev 10:16 Eleazar: Ch1 24:3-6 1 Chronicles 6:4”
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