People of the Bible
Merari
Years: 1706 BC – 457 BC
Sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither ([Gen. 46:11](/gen#Gen.46.11); [Ex. 6:16](/exod#Exod.6.16)). He became the head of one of the great divisions of the Levites ([Ex. 6:19](/exod#Exod.6.19)).