1 Chronicles 1:3
in 1 Chronicles 1Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
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Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
KJV
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
Adam, Sheth, Enosh
on 1 Chronicles 1:1-4
No book of Scripture opens more abruptly: one word, Adam, and the whole primeval history compressed into a column of ten names from Adam to Noah. The list is Gen 5's chosen line with Cain's line silently omitted, which announces the Chronicler's method before he states it: he traces the thread that leads to David and the temple and lets everything else fall away. A remnant home from Babylon is being told its story starts at the first man.
The words behind it
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חֲנ֥וֹךְ | chanokh | Enoch | H2585 → | 16 times |
| מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח | metushelach | Methuselah | H4968 → | |
| לָֽמֶךְ׃ | lamekh | Lamech | H3929 → |
חֲנ֥וֹךְEnoch
chanokhH2585 →16 times
מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַחMethuselah
metushelachH4968 →
לָֽמֶךְ׃Lamech
lamekhH3929 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one…
it leads to
- Genesis 5:21–24
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
- Jude 1:14
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- 2 Kings 2:11
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
- Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
- Genesis 5:21–24
Through
Jude 1:14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:2
He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- Psalms 50:3–5
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7–8
and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
- Hebrews 11:5–6
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one…
- Deuteronomy 33:2
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).
