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1 Chronicleschapter 10

14 verses · Ezra, by tradition · 450 to 400 BC · History

Original Language

1 Chronicles 10— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 1 Chronicles 10. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Saul falls on his own sword at Gilboa1

1 Chronicles 10:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםufelishtimand [the] PhilistinesH6430נִלְחֲמ֣וּnilchamuthey foughtH3898בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לveyisraelagainst IsraelH3478וַיָּ֑נָסvaiyanosand he fledH5127אִֽישׁ־ʾish-[the] man ofH376יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelIsraelH3478מִפְּנֵ֣יmipeneifrom beforeH6440פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430וַיִּפְּל֥וּvaiyipeluand they fellH5307חֲלָלִ֖יםchalalimslainH2491בְּהַ֥רbeharon [the] mountain ofH2022גִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃gilboa'GilboaH1533

Rashi on I Chronicles 10:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And the Philistines fought with Israel He relates only Saul’s downfall; when relating the story of David, he does not tell of his disgrace, only of his heroism and greatness, because the Book pertains to him and to the kings of Judah.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

1 Chronicles 10:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙vaiyasimuand they putH7760אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853כֵּלָ֔יוkelavweapons hisH3627בֵּ֖יתbeit[the] house ofH1004אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑םʾeloheihemgods theirH430וְאֶת־veetand <obj.>H853גֻּלְגָּלְתּ֥וֹgulgaltoskull hisH1538תָקְע֖וּtakeuthey fixedH8628בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004דָּגֽוֹן׃ סdagonDagonH1712

Radak on I Chronicles 10:10

RadakProvence, 1160–1235· Commentary
And they carried off his head and his armor … and they impaled his head in the temple of Dagon.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007

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