1 Chronicles 8:38
in 1 Chronicles 8Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
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ASV
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
KJV
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The sons of Micah
on 1 Chronicles 8:35-40
Micah's line runs through Jehoaddah to Azel, and Azel's six sons are named. The record keeps counting fathers and sons long after the kingdom left Saul's family. The chapter closes on the sons of Ulam, who were mighty men of valor, archers, with 150 sons and grandsons in all.
This site's exposition
Azel had six sons
The six sons of Azel recur by the same names in 1 Chronicles 9:44, where the record of Saul's descendants ends. Clarke reports a rabbinic tale that praised their learning. Ishmael here is a Benjamite of Saul's line.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bochim, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan,.... Which make the said number: all these were the sons of Azel; his family was large.
They are Jasher, Jeshurun--just ones, and the memory of the just is blessed. Many of these we have reason to fear, came short of everlasting honour (for even the wicked kings of Judah come into the genealogy), yet the perpetuating of their names here was a figure of the writing of the names of all God's spiritual Israel in the Lamb's book of life.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְאָצֵל֮ | uleatzel | and [belonged] to Azel | H682 → | 7 times |
| שִׁשָּׁ֣ה | shishah | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| בָנִים֒ | vanim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְאֵ֣לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| שְׁמוֹתָ֗ם | shemotam | [are] names their | H8034 → | 864 times |
| עַזְרִיקָ֥ם׀ | ʾazrikam | Azrikam | H5840 → | 6 times |
| בֹּ֙כְרוּ֙ | bokheru | Bocheru | H1074 → | |
| וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל | veyishmael | and Ishmael | H3458 → | 48 times |
| וּשְׁעַרְיָ֔ה | ushearyah | and Sheariah | H8187 → | |
| וְעֹבַדְיָ֖ה | veoadyah | and Obadiah | H5662 → | 20 times |
| וְחָנָ֑ן | vechanan | and Hanan | H2605 → | 12 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֵ֖לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָצַֽל׃ | ʾatzal | Azel | H682 → | 7 times |
וּלְאָצֵל֮and [belonged] to Azel
uleatzelH682 →7 times
שִׁשָּׁ֣הsix
shishahH8337 →216 times
בָנִים֒sons
vanimH1121 →4930 times
וְאֵ֣לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
שְׁמוֹתָ֗ם[are] names their
shemotamH8034 →864 times
עַזְרִיקָ֥ם׀Azrikam
ʾazrikamH5840 →6 times
בֹּ֙כְרוּ֙Bocheru
bokheruH1074 →
וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלand Ishmael
veyishmaelH3458 →48 times
וּשְׁעַרְיָ֔הand Sheariah
ushearyahH8187 →
וְעֹבַדְיָ֖הand Obadiah
veoadyahH5662 →20 times
וְחָנָ֑ןand Hanan
vechananH2605 →12 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֵ֖לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
בְּנֵ֥י[were] [the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אָצַֽל׃Azel
ʾatzalH682 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 9:44; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.