1 Chronicles 23:17 BSB

1 Chronicles 23:17

The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.

BSB

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ASV

And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

KJV

And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the chief,.... The first and only begotten, as it follows: and Eliezer had none other sons; before nor after him: but the sons of Rehabiah were very many; or greatly multiplied; not, as the Targum says, above 600,000; the number of Israel, as the Jewish writers (m) fancy; which they gather from Exo 1:7, and that though Moses deprecated the multiplication of his seed, God fulfilled it. (m) T. Bab Beracot, fol. 7. 1, 2, Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 16. fol. 220. 4.

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When God proposed to him that, if he would let fall his intercession for Israel, he would make of him a great nation, he generously refused it, in recompence for which his family is here greatly increased, and makes up in number what it wants in figure, in the tribe of Levi. The levelling of Moses' family with the rest is an evidence of his self-denial.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ	vai.yih.Yu	and they were	H1961 →
בְנֵי־	ve.nei-	[the] sons of	H1121 →
אֱלִיעֶ֖זֶר	'e.li.'E.zer	Eliezer	H461 →
רְחַבְיָ֣ה	re.chav.Yah	Rehabiah	H7345 →
הָרֹ֑אשׁ	ha.Rosh	the chief	H7218 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
הָיָ֤ה	ha.Yah	it belonged	H1961 →
לֶאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙	le.'e.li.'E.zer	to Eliezer	H461 →
בָּנִ֣ים	ba.Nim	sons	H1121 →
אֲחֵרִ֔ים	'a.che.Rim	other	H312 →
וּבְנֵ֥י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] sons of	H1121 →
רְחַבְיָ֖ה	re.chav.Yah	Rehabiah	H7345 →
רָב֥וּ	ra.Vu	they were numerous	H7235 →
לְמָֽעְלָה׃	le.Ma.'e.lah	<to> upwards <towards>	H4605 →

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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Through
1 Chronicles 26:25
His relatives through Eliezer included Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:17–18
  The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
- 1 Chronicles 23:15
  The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
- Exodus 18:4
  The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

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