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1 Chronicles 26:8

in 1 Chronicles 26

All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.

KJV

All these of the sons of Obed–edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed–edom.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 26

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
All these of the sons of Obededom,.... And grandsons: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service; men of fortitude of mind and strength of body, as before observed: were sixty two of Obededom: that sprung from him, which the Jews (s) account for in an extravagant manner, as the effect of miraculous births. (s) T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 63. 2. & 64. 1.

This site's exposition

Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second

on 1 Chronicles 26:4-8

Obed-edom is the man who housed the ark, and two generations later his line stands at the gates. Verse 5 gives the reason, “For God had blessed Obed-edom”. Matthew Henry and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown both trace this household to the blessing of 2 Samuel 6:11-12.

This site's exposition

All these were descendants of Obed-edom

The house of Obed-edom totals 62 capable men, sons and grandsons together. John Gill notes that later Jewish writers explained the number by miraculous births, a reading he calls extravagant. Meshelemiah's house, in verse 9, counts 18.

The words behind it

16 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.

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֵ֜לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • מִבְּנֵ֣י׀[were] of [the] descendants of

    mibeneiH1121 →4930 times

  • עֹבֵ֣דObed-

    ʾovedH5654 →40 times

  • אֱדֹ֗םEdom

    ʾedomH5654 →40 times

  • הֵ֤מָּהthey

    hemahH1992 →553 times

  • וּבְנֵיהֶם֙and sons their

    uveneihemH1121 →4930 times

  • וַאֲחֵיהֶ֔םand relatives their

    vaacheihemH251 →630 times

  • אִֽישׁ־[were] man of

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • חַ֥יִלability

    chayilH2428 →246 times

  • בַּכֹּ֖חַwith <the> strength

    bakoachH3581 →126 times

  • לַעֲבֹדָ֑הfor service

    laavodahH5656 →145 times

  • שִׁשִּׁ֥יםsixty

    shishimH8346 →59 times

  • וּשְׁנַ֖יִםand two

    ushenayimH8147 →768 times

  • לְעֹבֵ֥ד[belonged] to Obed-

    leovedH5654 →40 times

  • אֱדֹֽם׃Edom

    ʾedomH5654 →40 times

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

    2 Corinthians 3:6

    And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

    it leads to

    • John 6:63

      The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

    • Romans 7:6

      But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the…

    • Romans 8:2

      For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

    • Jeremiah 31:31

      Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

    • Hebrews 8:6–10

      Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

  • Through

    1 Peter 4:11

    If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through…

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 10:31

      So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

    • Ephesians 6:10

      Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

    • 1 Peter 4:10

      As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.