Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 6:24

Charles Ellicott Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:24

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:24

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son." — 1 Chronicles 6:24 (ASV)

In the corresponding verse of the genealogy of Heman below (1 Chronicles 6:38), the names are Tahath, Zephaniah, Azariah, and Joel. It is easy to suppose that as the two series diverge after Tahath, Uriel and Zephaniah are two different sons of Tahath. But we notice the following:

  1. that Uzziah (1 Chronicles 6:24) may be the same as Azariah (1 Chronicles 6:36) (compare King Uzziah— Azariah, 2 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 26:1).
  2. that although there is an apparent break between 1 Chronicles 6:24–25, so that a new list begins with the sons of Elkanah (1 Chronicles 6:25), yet 1 Chronicles 6:35–36 speak of an Amasai, son of Elkanah, in exact agreement with 1 Chronicles 6:25.
  3. that the correspondence between the two lists (1 Chronicles 6:22–30; 1 Chronicles 6:33–38) is so close that it is difficult not to assume their substantial identity.

Uriel may also have been known as Zephaniah, and Shaul as Joel.