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1 Chronicles 25:11

in 1 Chronicles 25

the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

KJV

The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

This verse in 1 Chronicles 25

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph

on 1 Chronicles 25:9-31

Every name in the roll stood in the family lists of verses 2 to 4, and the roster fixes the order the lot gave them. Gill and Keil flag two names as variant spellings, Shubael of verse 20 for Shebuel of verse 4 and Azarel of verse 18 for Uzziel.

This site's exposition

the fourth to Izri

Izri drew the fourth lot, with 12 of his sons and brothers. The name matches Zeri, listed among the sons of Jeduthun in verse 3. The houses of Asaph and Jeduthun alternate through the first five lots.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the L ORD , even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. Singing the praises of God is here called prophesying (

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The fourth to Izri - The second son of Jeduthun.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

The fifth: Nethaniah the third son of Asaph. So the lot fell from this one to that one.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 25:12:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

6 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.

  • הָרְבִיעִי֙the fourth

    hareviiH7243 →56 times

  • לַיִּצְרִ֔יto <the> Izri

    laiyitzriH3339 →

  • בָּנָ֥יוsons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וְאֶחָ֖יוand relatives his

    veechavH251 →630 times

  • שְׁנֵ֥יםtwo [plus]

    sheneimH8147 →768 times

  • עָשָֽׂר׃ten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

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

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.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.