1 Chronicles 23:4 BSB

1 Chronicles 23:4

“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;

KJV

Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Officers - To take care that all the work of the temple about sacrifices should be punctually performed, either by themselves or others: which they were not to do all at once, but by courses, a thousand at a time.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵאֵ֗לֶּה	me.'E.leh	from these	H428 →
לְנַצֵּ֙חַ֙	le.na.Tze.ach	[are] to act as overseers	H5329 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
מְלֶ֣אכֶת	me.Le.khet	[the] work of	H4399 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה	ve.'ar.ba.'Ah	and four	H702 →
אָ֑לֶף	'A.lef	thousand	H505 →
וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים	ve.sho.te.Rim	and officials	H7860 →
וְשֹׁפְטִ֖ים	ve.sho.fe.Tim	and judges	H8199 →
שֵׁ֥שֶׁת	She.shet	six	H8337 →
אֲלָפִֽים׃	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 16:18
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:29
  From the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 21:6
  then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for…
- Deuteronomy 17:9
  You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
- Romans 13:1–6
  Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
- Deuteronomy 1:15–17
  So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your…
Through
Nehemiah 11:22
Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the…
leads to
- Nehemiah 12:42
  and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
- Nehemiah 12:35
  and some of the priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,
Through
2 Chronicles 19:8
Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 17:8–9
  accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.