1 Chronicles 11:39
in 1 Chronicles 11Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
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ASV
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
KJV
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Naharai--armorbearer to Joab (2Sa 23:37). The non-occurrence of Joab's name in any of the three catalogues is most probably to be accounted for by the circumstance that his office as commander-in-chief raised him to a position superior to all these orders of military knighthood.
This site's exposition
the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah
on 1 Chronicles 11:39-41
Naharai the Beerothite was the armor-bearer of Joab, and Joab stands in none of the ranks. The last name the roll shares with Samuel is Uriah the Hittite, whose wife and death fill 2 Samuel 11. Chronicles omits David's sin with Bathsheba, yet it keeps Uriah among the mighty men.
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3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the L ORD ; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the L ORD by Samuel. 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
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The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צֶ֖לֶק | tzelek | Zelek | H6768 → | |
| הָעַמּוֹנִ֑י | haamoni | the Ammonite | H5984 → | |
| נַחְרַי֙ | nachrai | Naharai | H5171 → | |
| הַבֵּ֣רֹתִ֔י | haberoti | the Beerothite | H1307 → | |
| נֹשֵׂ֕א | nose' | [the] bearer | H5375 → | 656 times |
| כְּלֵ֖י | kelei | of [the] weapons of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| יוֹאָ֥ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| צְרוּיָֽה׃ ס | tzeruyah | Zeruiah | H6870 → | 26 times |
צֶ֖לֶקZelek
tzelekH6768 →
הָעַמּוֹנִ֑יthe Ammonite
haamoniH5984 →
נַחְרַי֙Naharai
nachraiH5171 →
הַבֵּ֣רֹתִ֔יthe Beerothite
haberotiH1307 →
נֹשֵׂ֕א[the] bearer
nose'H5375 →656 times
כְּלֵ֖יof [the] weapons of
keleiH3627 →325 times
יוֹאָ֥בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
צְרוּיָֽה׃ סZeruiah
tzeruyahH6870 →26 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.