1 Chronicles 27:31 BSB

1 Chronicles 27:31

Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these officials were in charge of King David’s property.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.

KJV

And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

All these - It is observable, here are no officers for state, none for sport, no master of the ceremonies, or of the bounds, but all for substance, agreeable to the simplicity and plainness of those times. David was a great soldier, a great scholar, and a great prince; and yet a great husband of his estate.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

David was a great soldier, a great scholar, and a great prince, and yet a great husband of his estate, kept a great deal of ground in his own hand, and stocked it, not for pleasure, but for profit; for the king himself is served of the field, Eccles.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and [was] over	H5921 →
הַצֹּ֖אן	ha.Tzon	the flock[s]	H6629 →
יָזִ֣יז	ya.Ziz	Jaziz	H3151 →
הַֽהַגְרִ֑י	ha.hag.Ri	the Hagrite	H1905 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֵ֙לֶּה֙	'e.leh	these	H428 →
שָׂרֵ֣י	sa.Rei	[were] [the] officials of	H8269 →
הָרְכ֔וּשׁ	ha.re.Khush	the property	H7399 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	la.Me.lekh	[belonged] to the king	H4428 →
דָּוִֽיד׃	da.Vid	David	H1732 →

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The walk4

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.

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1 Chronicles 5:10
During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the homes of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
leads to
- Psalms 83:6
  the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
- Genesis 25:12
  This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- 1 Chronicles 5:18–21
  The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
- Genesis 21:9
  But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Chronicles