1 Chronicles 6:46

Study note

Setting — The narrator continues a genealogical record within the Levitical rolls, positioning this line between the ancestors of 1 Chronicles 6:45 and the Merarite descendants in 1 Chronicles 6:47. The text functions as a structural link in a priestly lineage without dialogue or a specific audience.

The words — The Hebrew particle בֶּן־ (ben-) repeats three times to mean "[the] son of," establishing direct paternal descent. The proper names אַמְצִ֥י ('am.Tzi), בָּנִ֖י (ba.Ni), and שָֽׁמֶר\׃ (Sha.mer) appear strictly as identifiers in this chain.

The thread — This exact "son of" genealogical format structures the Levitical records in 1 Chronicles 6:45–47 and mirrors the ancestral lists in Ezra 2:36–39 and Nehemiah 7:39–42. The specific sequence of Amzi, Bani, and Shemer does not appear in other supplied contexts.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track a specific ancestral sequence without commentary or narrative embellishment. It demands attention to the continuity of the priestly line as recorded in the text.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.