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1 Chronicles 23:11

in 1 Chronicles 23

Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.

KJV

And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 23

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And Jahath was the chief,.... The prince and head of a family: and Ziza the second; the same with Zina in 1Ch 23:10, and is there read Ziza in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; so as to constitute distinct families: therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house; made one family with their brethren.

This site's exposition

David divided the Levites into divisions

on 1 Chronicles 23:6-11

The thirty eight thousand are sorted into divisions by the three Levitical houses, “Gershom, Kohath, and Merari”. Jeush and Beriah “did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family”. The register fixes every family's place ahead of the working divisions of chapters 24 to 27.

This site's exposition

Jahath was the first

Having few sons, Jeush and Beriah counted as one family with a single task. John Gill notes that Zizah here is Zina of verse 10. Adam Clarke says the small family of Shimei was joined to Ladan's so the two could do work too heavy for either alone.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That which is most observable in this account of the families of the Levites is that the posterity of Moses (that great man) stood upon the level with common Levites, and had no dignities or privileges at all peculiar to them; whilst the posterity of Aaron were advanced to the priest's office, to sanctify the most holy things,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Therefore they were in one reckoning - The family of Shimei, being small, was united with that of Laadan, that the two families might do that work which otherwise belonged to one, but which would have been too much for either of these separately.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַֽיְהִי־and he was

    vayhi-H1961 →3559 times

  • יַ֣חַתJahath

    yachatH3189 →8 times

  • הָרֹ֔אשׁthe chief

    haroshH7218 →599 times

  • וְזִיזָ֖הand Zizah

    vezizahH2125 →

  • הַשֵּׁנִ֑יthe second

    hasheniH8145 →156 times

  • וִיע֤וּשׁand Jeush

    viushH3266 →9 times

  • וּבְרִיעָה֙and Beriah

    uveriahH1283 →11 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הִרְבּ֣וּthey had many

    hirbuH7235 →227 times

  • בָנִ֔יםsons

    vanimH1121 →4930 times

  • וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙and they became

    vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • לְבֵ֣ית<into> a house of

    leveitH1004 →2046 times

  • אָ֔בa father

    ʾavH1 →1212 times

  • לִפְקֻדָּ֖ה<into> a group

    lifkudahH6486 →32 times

  • אֶחָֽת׃ סone

    ʾechatH259 →971 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
1 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 1 Chronicles 23 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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