1 Chronicles 6:42 (KJV)

What does 1 Chronicles 6:42 mean?

1 Chronicles 6:42 records part of the family line of Ethan, a temple musician named earlier in the passage. The list moves backward through his ancestors, tracing his place among the Levites, the people set apart for service connected with worship.

The verse continues the chain from verse 41: the Ethan named in verse 42 is an ancestor, not necessarily the musician of the same name. The repeated “son of” links each name to the one that follows, carrying the family line further back.

Where else these words appear

“Zimmah” Hebrew H2155 · used in 3 verses

1 Chronicles 6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
2 Chronicles 29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

“Ethan” Hebrew H387 · used in 8 verses

1 Kings 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
1 Chronicles 2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

“Shimei” Hebrew H8096 · used in 39 verses

Exodus 6:17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
1 Kings 2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
1 Chronicles 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;