1 Chronicles 27:21 BSB

1 Chronicles 27:21

over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

KJV

Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Though Abner was David's enemy, and opposed his coming to the throne, yet David would not oppose the preferment of his son, but perhaps nominated him to this post of honour, which teaches us to render good for evil.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לַחֲצִ֤י	la.cha.Tzi	for [the] half of	H2677 →
הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה֙	ham.na.Sheh	<the> Manasseh	H4519 →
גִּלְעָ֔דָה	gil.'A.dah	Gilead towards	H1568 →
יִדּ֖וֹ	yi.Do	Iddo	H3035 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
זְכַרְיָ֑הוּ ס	ze.khar.Ya.hu	Zechariah	H2148 →
לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן	le.vin.ya.Min	for Benjamin	H1144 →
יַעֲשִׂיאֵ֖ל	ya.'a.si.'El	Jaasiel	H3300 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אַבְנֵֽר׃ ס	'av.Ner	Abner	H74 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 20:9–10
  “Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- 1 Kings 2:5
  Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them…
- Deuteronomy 27:24
  ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 1 Kings 2:32
  The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to…
- Jeremiah 41:2
  Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the…
Through
1 Kings 4:14
Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
leads to
- 2 Samuel 17:24
  Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- Genesis 32:2
  When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- 2 Samuel 2:8
  Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,