[¹] In chapter ix. 11, Meshullam.
11. Amariah] apparently the contemporary of Jehoshaphat mentioned in 2 Chronicles xix. 11.
¹³and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah;
13. Hilkiah] The high-priest in Josiah’s reign; 2 Kings xxii. 8; 2 Chronicles xxxiv. 14.
¹⁴and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak; ¹⁵and Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
14. Seraiah] slain soon after the capture of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.; 2 Kings xxv. 18–21; Jeremiah lii. 24–27.
Jehozadak] Jozadak in Ezra iii. 2, v. 2. His son Jeshua was the first high-priest after the exile; Haggai i. 1, etc.
16–30 (= vi. 1–15 according to the Hebrew division).
The three Sons of Levi and their clans.
16–19.
The Sons of Levi.
¹⁶The sons of Levi; Gershom[¹], Kohath, and Merari.