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1 Chronicleschapter 13

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

Original Language

1 Chronicles 13— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 1 Chronicles 13. 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

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 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.

David gathers all Israel to bring the ark home1

1 Chronicles 13:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץvaiyivaatzand he consultedH3289דָּוִ֗ידdavidDavidH1732עִם־ʾim-withH5973שָׂרֵ֧יsarei[the] commanders ofH8269הָאֲלָפִ֛יםhaalafimthe thousandsH505וְהַמֵּא֖וֹתvehameotand the hundredsH3967לְכָל־lekholto everyH3605נָגִֽיד׃nagidleaderH5057

Rashi on I Chronicles 13:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And David conferred with the officers of the thousands He said to them, “You have already engaged in matters that are for your benefit, for you have a king to save you; now you should engage in the honor of God.”

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

1 Chronicles 13:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְלֹֽא־velo'-and notH3808הֵסִ֨ירhesirhe turned asideH5493דָּוִ֧ידdavidDavidH1732אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הָאָר֛וֹןhaaronthe arkH727אֵלָ֖יוʾelavto himselfH413אֶל־ʾel-toH413עִ֣ירʾir[the] city ofH5892דָּוִ֑ידdavidDavidH1732וַיַּטֵּ֕הוּvaiyatehuand he turned aside itH5186אֶל־ʾel-toH413בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004עֹבֵֽד־ʾoed-Obed-H5654אֱדֹ֖םʾedomEdomH5654הַגִּתִּֽי׃hagitithe GittiteH1663

Rashi on I Chronicles 13:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
the Gittite He was from Gath originally and he previously sojourned in Gath. He was a Levite, as it is written (below:16): “And David said to the officers of the Levites to station their brethren, the singers,” and it says shortly after (verse 24): “..

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

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