1 Chronicles 12:5
in 1 Chronicles 12Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
KJV
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The chief was Ahiezer
on 1 Chronicles 12:3-7
Seven names open the roster proper: Ahiezer and Joash from Gibeah, Saul's own city; Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth; Berachah and Jehu of Anathoth, the town that will later give Judah the prophet Jeremiah. The name Jeremiah itself recurs three times across this chapter's lists, at verse four, verse ten and verse thirteen, and Chronicles distinguishes each man by city or by rank rather than by lineage. A chapter built almost entirely of names still tells a reader something plain: these defectors came from towns loyal to Saul's own house, and left it anyway.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite. A native of Haruph or Hariph, see Neh 7:24.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Ziklag--(See on 1Sa 27:6). It was during his retirement in that Philistine town that he was joined in rapid succession by the heroes who afterwards contributed so much to the glory of his reign.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶלְעוּזַ֤י | ʾeluzai | Eluzai | H498 → | |
| וִירִימוֹת֙ | virimot | and Jerimoth | H3406 → | 13 times |
| וּבְעַלְיָ֣ה | uvealyah | and Bealiah | H1183 → | |
| וּשְׁמַרְיָ֔הוּ | ushemaryahu | and Shemariah | H8114 → | |
| וּשְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּ | ushefatyahu | and Shephatiah | H8203 → | 13 times |
| הַחֲרוּפִֽי׃ | hacharifi | the Haruphite | H2741 → |
אֶלְעוּזַ֤יEluzai
ʾeluzaiH498 →
וִירִימוֹת֙and Jerimoth
virimotH3406 →13 times
וּבְעַלְיָ֣הand Bealiah
uvealyahH1183 →
וּשְׁמַרְיָ֔הוּand Shemariah
ushemaryahuH8114 →
וּשְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּand Shephatiah
ushefatyahuH8203 →13 times
הַחֲרוּפִֽי׃the Haruphite
hacharifiH2741 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.