1 Chronicles 25:15
in 1 Chronicles 25the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
KJV
The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 25
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph
on 1 Chronicles 25:9-31
Verses nine through thirty one enact the lot of verse eight, name by name: twenty four courses of twelve voices each, the same multiple of twelve that already ordered the priests. Every name in the roll already stood in the family lists of verses two through four; the roster simply fixes the order the lot gave them, ward against ward. Gill and Keil both flag two of the twenty four as the same men under a variant spelling, Shubael of verse twenty for Shebuel of verse four and Azareel of verse eighteen for Uzziel of the same verse, a difference the roster itself never explains.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַשְּׁמִינִ֣י | hashemini | the eighth | H8066 → | 28 times |
| יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ | yesha'yahu | Jeshaiah | H3470 → | 39 times |
| בָּנָ֥יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְאֶחָ֖יו | veechav | and relatives his | H251 → | 630 times |
| שְׁנֵ֥ים | sheneim | two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָֽׂר׃ | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
הַשְּׁמִינִ֣יthe eighth
hasheminiH8066 →28 times
יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּJeshaiah
yesha'yahuH3470 →39 times
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
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.