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1 Chronicles 26:23

in 1 Chronicles 26

From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:

KJV

Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:

This verse in 1 Chronicles 26

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Of the Amramites and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites. Who sprang from the four sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, Exo 6:18 with respect to the concerns they severally had in the trust of the treasures, the account follows, all but the Uzzielites, who are not after mentioned.

This site's exposition

in charge of the treasuries of the house of God

on 1 Chronicles 26:20-26

The treasuries are held by Gershonite and Kohathite families. Shebuel, “a descendant of Gershom son of Moses”, was “the officer in charge of the treasuries”. John Gill reads this as the first time in Chronicles that a descendant of Moses holds a post of honor and trust.

This site's exposition

From the Amramites, the Izharites

The Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites are the four Kohathite houses. John Gill traces them to the four sons of Kohath in Exodus 6:18. He notes that the account which follows names every house except the Uzzielites.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

None of those Levites who were employed in the service of the sanctuary, none of the singers or porters, were concerned in this outward business; either one was enough to engage the whole man or it was presumption to undertake both. Their charge was both in all business of the Lord, and in the service of the kings,

The words behind it

4 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.

  • לַֽעַמְרָמִי֙to the Amramite[s]

    laamramiH6020 →

  • לַיִּצְהָרִ֔יto the Izharite[s]

    laiyitzhariH3325 →4 times

  • לַֽחֶבְרוֹנִ֖יto the Hebronite[s]

    lachevroniH2276 →6 times

  • לָֽעָזִּיאֵלִֽי׃to the Uzzielite[s]

    laazieliH5817 →

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

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 3:19

    The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 6:18

      The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 6:18

      The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    • 1 Chronicles 26:1–32

      These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:8–10

      from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;

    • 1 Chronicles 23:12–13

      The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

  • Through

    Numbers 3:27

    From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 3:19

      The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    • 1 Chronicles 23:12

      The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 23:12

    The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

    it leads to

Where this verse is studied

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 Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.