1 Chronicles 6:7

Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

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This verse speaks in the wider setting of memory and worship as 1 Chronicles unfolds its message.

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This thought runs through 1 Chronicles 6:4-8.

Meraioth Person: Rebellions. (1. ) Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar ( 1 Chr. 6:6 , 7, 52). (2. ) Neh. 12:15 , a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in Neh. 12:3 .
Ahitub Person: Brother of goodness = good. (1. ) The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah ( 1 Sam. 14:3 ; 22:9 , 11, 12, 20).
Amariah Person: Said by Jehovah. (1. ) One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar ( 1 Chr. 6:7 , 52). He was probably the last of the high priests of Eleazar’s line prior to the transfer of that office to Eli, of the line of Ithamar.