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1 Chronicles 25:31

in 1 Chronicles 25

and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

KJV

The four and twentieth to Romamti–ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 25

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Romamti-ezer - Both these names belong to the same person. He is mentioned also 1Ch 25:4. With this immense parade of noise and show, (David’s own invention), Christianity has nothing to do.

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 twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer

Romamti-ezer, a son of Heman named in verse 4, drew the twenty-fourth and last lot. Adam Clarke notes that both parts of the name belong to one man. The twenty-four companies of 12 make the 288 singers of verse 7.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

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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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

The service - To the service of God under the conduct of these persons. Prophecy - Praise God by singing the psalms of David, and other sacred songs made by themselves, who were prophets, or by other prophets or holy men of God.

The words behind it

8 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.

  • לְאַרְבָּעָ֤הfor four

    learbaahH702 →318 times

  • וְעֶשְׂרִים֙and twenty

    veesrimH6242 →315 times

  • לְרוֹמַ֣מְתִּיto Romamti-

    leromamtiH7320 →4 times

  • עָ֔זֶרEzer

    ʾazerH7320 →4 times

  • בָּנָ֥יוsons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וְאֶחָ֖יוand relatives his

    veechavH251 →630 times

  • שְׁנֵ֥יםtwo [plus]

    sheneimH8147 →768 times

  • עָשָֽׂר׃ פten

    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; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.