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1 Chronicles 9:13

in 1 Chronicles 9

and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

KJV

And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 9

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Able men - Hebrew. mighty men of valour: which is here noted as an excellent qualification for their place; because the priests might meet with great opposition in the discharge of their office, in the execution of the censures upon all impure persons without exception, and in preserving sacred things from violation by the touch of forbidden hands.

This site's exposition

From the priests

on 1 Chronicles 9:10-16

Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin are three of the twenty-four priestly courses set out in 1 Chronicles 24: Jehoiarib first, Jedaiah second, Jachin twenty-first. The returned priesthood thus takes up an order older than the exile. The Levites named through verse 16 trace back to Merari and to Asaph.

This site's exposition

and 1,760 of their relatives

The 1,760 priests are the relatives of the heads of families named in verses 10 to 12. Wesley notes that the Hebrew calls these able men mighty men of valor, for their service guarded the holy things of the house of God. Nehemiah 11:12 to 14 gives smaller figures.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand and seven hundred and threescore. These, with other priests, made up this number, which was greater than those of Judah and Benjamin, that dwelt in Jerusalem, put together: very able men for the work of the service of the house of God: men that had not only strength of body, which some part of the work of the priests required; but had courage and fortitude of mind to set about the service of God with cheerfulness, and to preserve it from corruption.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Both these considerations made them very zealous and forward in setting up the worship of God among them; so they began their worship of God at the right end. Instances hereof we have here. Before the house of the Lord was built they had the house of the tabernacle, a plain and movable tent, which they made use of in the mean time.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

And their brethren - What a prodigious number of ecclesiastics to perform the Divine service of one temple! no less than one thousand seven hundred and eighty able-bodied men! and this number is reckoned independently of the two hundred and twelve porters who served at the gates of the house of the Lord, 1Ch 9:22.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַאֲחֵיהֶ֗םand relatives their

    vaacheihemH251 →630 times

  • רָאשִׁים֙chiefs

    rashimH7218 →599 times

  • לְבֵ֣יתof [the] house of

    leveitH1004 →2046 times

  • אֲבוֹתָ֔םancestors their

    ʾavotamH1 →1212 times

  • אֶ֕לֶףone thousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • וּשְׁבַ֥עand seven

    usheva'H7651 →394 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • וְשִׁשִּׁ֑יםand sixty

    veshishimH8346 →59 times

  • גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי<the> mighty [men] of

    giboreiH1368 →158 times

  • חֵ֔יל<the> ability of

    cheilH2428 →246 times

  • מְלֶ֖אכֶת[the] work of

    melekhetH4399 →167 times

  • עֲבוֹדַ֥ת[the] service of

    avodatH5656 →145 times

  • בֵּית־[the] house of

    beit-H1004 →2046 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Chronicles 26:32

    Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 19:11

      Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to…

    • 1 Chronicles 15:12

      And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel,…

    • 1 Chronicles 24:31

      As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family…

    • 1 Chronicles 12:37

      And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.

    • 1 Chronicles 23:24

      These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 26:30

    From the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 27:17

      over Levi was Hashabiah son of Kemuel; over Aaron was Zadok;

    • 1 Chronicles 23:19

      The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 26:6

    Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 26:8

      All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, Nehemiah 11:12 to 14; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.