1 Chronicles 1:54 BSB

1 Chronicles 1:54

Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

KJV

Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

All these and all theirs had their day; many of them made a mighty noise in the world; until their day came to fall, and their place knew them no more. The paths of death are trodden paths. How soon are we to tread them?

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַלּ֥וּף	'a.Luf	chief	H441 →
מַגְדִּיאֵ֖ל	mag.di.'El	Magdiel	H4025 →
אַלּ֣וּף	'a.Luf	chief	H441 →
עִירָ֑ם	'i.Ram	Iram	H5902 →
אֵ֖לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
אַלּוּפֵ֥י	'a.lu.Fei	[were] [the] chiefs of	H441 →
אֱדֽוֹם׃ פ	'e.Dom	Edom	H123 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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