1 Chronicles 12:27
in 1 Chronicles 12including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
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ASV
And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
KJV
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites--not the high priest, for that was Abiathar (1Sa 23:9), but the leader of the Aaronite warriors, supposed to be the father of Benaiah (1Ch 11:22).
This site's exposition
to turn the kingdom of Saul to him
on 1 Chronicles 12:23-27
The second list begins at Hebron itself, numbering the tribes that came to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord, a phrase that frames this whole muster as the fulfillment of a promise rather than a coup. Judah supplies six thousand eight hundred and Levi four thousand six hundred, with the house of Aaron under Jehoiada numbering three thousand seven hundred more. Clarke identifies this Jehoiada as father of Benaiah rather than the sitting high priest Abiathar, a distinct man raising a distinct company; the priestly tribe stands armed here in a coronation muster where Numbers would ordinarily exempt it from a military census.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites - Abiathar was then high priest, and Jehoiada captain over the warriors of the house of Aaron.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וִיהוֹיָדָ֖ע | vihoyada' | and Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| הַנָּגִ֣יד | hanagid | [was] the leader | H5057 → | 45 times |
| לְאַהֲרֹ֑ן | leaharon | of Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְעִמּ֕וֹ | veimo | and [were] with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת | sheloshet | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אֲלָפִ֖ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּשְׁבַ֥ע | usheva' | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ ס | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
וִיהוֹיָדָ֖עand Jehoiada
vihoyada'H3077 →51 times
הַנָּגִ֣יד[was] the leader
hanagidH5057 →45 times
לְאַהֲרֹ֑ןof Aaron
leaharonH175 →347 times
וְעִמּ֕וֹand [were] with him
veimoH5973 →1050 times
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתthree
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
אֲלָפִ֖יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
וּשְׁבַ֥עand seven
usheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵאֽוֹת׃ סhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
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
2 Kings 25:18The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:14
Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
- Ezra 7:1
Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Jeremiah 21:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
- Jeremiah 29:25
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah,…
- 1 Chronicles 6:14
Through
1 Chronicles 27:17over Levi was Hashabiah son of Kemuel; over Aaron was Zadok;
it leads to
- 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…
- 1 Chronicles 26:30
Through
2 Kings 11:4Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them…
it 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…
- 2 Kings 11:19
He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the…
- 2 Chronicles 15:12
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
- 2 Kings 11:9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.