1 Chronicles 1:48
in 1 Chronicles 1When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.
KJV
And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
before any king reigned
on 1 Chronicles 1:43-54
The chapter's last movement repeats Gen 36:31's pointed note: Edom crowned kings before any king reigned over the children of Israel. To a post-exilic reader with no king at all, the sentence carries weight both ways, for the brother nation ran ahead early and its kings are now a closed list of the dead, while the line this book traces is still alive and still carrying a promise. The dukes of Edom close the chapter, and the sons of Israel open the next.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful. By the breach which the former made of the covenant of innocency, we were all made miserable; by the covenant of grace made with the latter, we all are, or may be, made happy. We all are, by nature, the seed of Adam, branches of that wild olive.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
By the river - “Shaul of Plathiutha, a great city, built on the banks of the Euphrates.” - T.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֖מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| שַׂמְלָ֑ה | samlah | Samlah | H8072 → | |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| תַּחְתָּ֔יו | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
| שָׁא֖וּל | shaul | Shaul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| מֵרְחֹב֥וֹת | merechovot | from Rehoboth | H7344 → | |
| הַנָּהָֽר׃ | hanahar | the river | H5104 → | 119 times |
וַיָּ֖מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
שַׂמְלָ֑הSamlah
samlahH8072 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְand he reigned
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
תַּחְתָּ֔יוin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
שָׁא֖וּלShaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
מֵרְחֹב֥וֹתfrom Rehoboth
merechovotH7344 →
הַנָּהָֽר׃the river
hanaharH5104 →119 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
1 stopEach 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 36:37When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
it leads to
- Genesis 10:11
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
- Genesis 10:11
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).