Merari is mentioned 38 times in scripture, across 7 books of the Old Testament. First named in scripture around 1706 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; Ex. 6:16). He became the head of one of the great divisions of the Levites (Ex. 6:19).