1 Chronicles 9:25 BSB

1 Chronicles 9:25

Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:

KJV

And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

See the marginal references. If the number of warders was, as stated in Nehemiah (Neh 11:19) 172 (i. e. 168 besides the four chief warders), and the number employed at any one time was, as under David 1Ch 26:17-18, twenty-four, then the turn of the courses to keep ward came every seven weeks.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֨ם	va.'a.chei.Hem	and relatives their	H251 →
בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֜ם	be.chatz.rei.Hem	in villages their	H2691 →
לָב֨וֹא	la.Vo'	[were] to come	H935 →
לְשִׁבְעַ֧ת	le.shiv.'At	for [the] seven	H7651 →
הַיָּמִ֛ים	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →
מֵעֵ֥ת	me.'Et	from time	H6256 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עֵ֖ת	'et	time	H6256 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֵֽלֶּה׃	'E.leh	these	H428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
2 Chronicles 23:8
So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest…
leads to
- 2 Kings 11:9
  So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the…
- 1 Chronicles 24:1–26
  These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Through
2 Kings 11:5
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:3–6
  The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
- Jeremiah 26:10
  When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
- Ezekiel 44:2–3
  And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through…
- 1 Chronicles 23:32
  So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 10:5
  the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her…
Through
2 Kings 11:7
the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
leads to
- 2 Kings 11:5
  and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Chronicles

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 1 Chronicles