1 Chronicles 4:38
in 1 Chronicles 4These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
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ASV
these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
KJV
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
These mentioned by their names were princes - The registered chiefs of the cities in the first list 1Ch 4:28-31, in the time of Hezekiah 1Ch 4:41.
This site's exposition
Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah
on 1 Chronicles 4:34-43
The leaders named here took their growing families to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture. In the days of Hezekiah they destroyed the Hamites who had lived there. Five hundred went on to Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped.
This site's exposition
Their families increased greatly
Barnes takes these leaders as the registered chiefs of the towns in verses 28 to 31, in Hezekiah's time. Their growth answers the smallness of the tribe noted in verse 27. More people needed more pasture.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families,.... The principal men of them, heads of their fathers' houses: and the house of their fathers increased greatly; by them, so that they were obliged to seek out for new habitations, as follows.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֚לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הַבָּאִ֣ים | habaim | who came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בְּשֵׁמ֔וֹת | beshemot | by names | H8034 → | 864 times |
| נְשִׂיאִ֖ים | nesiim | [were] leaders | H5387 → | 134 times |
| בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם | bemishpechotam | in clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| וּבֵית֙ | uveit | and [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾavoteihem | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| פָּרְצ֖וּ | paretzu | they spread out | H6555 → | 49 times |
| לָרֽוֹב׃ | larov | to abundance | H7230 → | 149 times |
אֵ֚לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
הַבָּאִ֣יםwho came
habaimH935 →2568 times
בְּשֵׁמ֔וֹתby names
beshemotH8034 →864 times
נְשִׂיאִ֖ים[were] leaders
nesiimH5387 →134 times
בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑םin clans their
bemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
וּבֵית֙and [the] house of
uveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םancestors their
ʾavoteihemH1 →1212 times
פָּרְצ֖וּthey spread out
paretzuH6555 →49 times
לָרֽוֹב׃to abundance
larovH7230 →149 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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
Genesis 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of…
it leads to
- Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
- 1 Samuel 17:4
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- 2 Samuel 21:15–22
Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.
- Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- Deuteronomy 2:20–21
(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
- Numbers 13:33
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 4:27; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.