1 Chronicles 12:6
in 1 Chronicles 12Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites,
KJV
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseElkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites. Not Korahites, descendants of Levi, 1Ch 9:19, but the posterity of Korah a Benjaminite.
This 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶלְקָנָ֡ה | ʾelkanah | Elkanah | H511 → | 21 times |
| וְ֠יִשִּׁיָּהוּ | veyishiyahu | and Isshiah | H3449 → | 7 times |
| וַעֲזַרְאֵ֧ל | vaazarel | and Azarel | H5832 → | 6 times |
| וְיוֹעֶ֛זֶר | veyoezer | and Joezer | H3134 → | |
| וְיָשָׁבְעָ֖ם | veyashaveam | and Jashobeam | H3434 → | 3 times |
| הַקָּרְחִֽים׃ | hakarechim | the Korahites | H7145 → | 8 times |
אֶלְקָנָ֡הElkanah
ʾelkanahH511 →21 times
וְ֠יִשִּׁיָּהוּand Isshiah
veyishiyahuH3449 →7 times
וַעֲזַרְאֵ֧לand Azarel
vaazarelH5832 →6 times
וְיוֹעֶ֛זֶרand Joezer
veyoezerH3134 →
וְיָשָׁבְעָ֖םand Jashobeam
veyashaveamH3434 →3 times
הַקָּרְחִֽים׃the Korahites
hakarechimH7145 →8 times
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 (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.