1 Chronicles 27:7 BSB

1 Chronicles 27:7

The fourth, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him. There were 24,000 men in his division.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

KJV

The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Asahel died before the courses, as here described, could have been instituted. Perhaps the arrangements of David in his later years were based upon institutions belonging to the period of his reign at Hebron.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Asahel--This officer having been slain at the very beginning of David's reign [2Sa 2:23], his name was probably given to this division in honor of his memory, and his son was invested with the command.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָֽרְבִיעִ֞י	ha.re.vi.'I	[was] the fourth	H7243 →
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ	la.Cho.desh	for the month	H2320 →
הָרְבִיעִ֗י	ha.re.vi.'I	<the> fourth	H7243 →
עֲשָׂה־	'a.sah-	Asah-	H6214 →
אֵל֙	'el	-el	H6214 →
אֲחִ֣י	'a.Chi	[the] brother of	H251 →
יוֹאָ֔ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
וּזְבַדְיָ֥ה	u.ze.vad.Yah	and Zebadiah	H2069 →
בְנ֖וֹ	ve.No	son his	H1121 →
אַחֲרָ֑יו	'a.cha.Rav	[was] after him	H310 →
וְעַל֙	ve.'Al	and [were] with	H5921 →
מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ	ma.cha.luk.To	division his	H4256 →
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה	ve.'ar.ba.'Ah	and four	H702 →
אָֽלֶף׃ ס	'A.lef	thousand	H505 →

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The walk6

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 23:24
Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
leads to
- 2 Samuel 2:18
  The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
- 1 Chronicles 11:26
  Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Through
1 Chronicles 11:26
Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
leads to
- 2 Samuel 21:19
  Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s…
- 2 Samuel 2:18–23
  The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
- 2 Samuel 3:30
  (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
- 2 Samuel 23:24
  Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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02Original language & word study

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06About 1 Chronicles

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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