1 Chronicles 23:16
in 1 Chronicles 23The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
KJV
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 23
Commentary
3 notes on this verseOf the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. Of the posterity of Gershom in the times of David, called Shubael, 1Ch 24:20, the Targum makes him to be the same with Jonathan, Jdg 18:30. (l). (l) So in Hieron. Trad. Heb. in Paralipom. fol. 84. c.
This site's exposition
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel
on 1 Chronicles 23:12-17
Kohath's family carries the chapter's one narrative turn. Aaron is separated to sanctify the most holy things for ever, while his brother Moses is named only to record that Moses' own sons were counted as common Levites, no priesthood and no standing rank attached to the lawgiver's name. Chronicles states the contrast without comment, the same restraint Numbers already keeps toward Moses' family. Matthew Henry reads it as a mark of Moses' own self denial, the man who refused a nation built from his own line at Exodus 32:10 and is here counted level with the tribe he led.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
To this verse the Targum adds, “The same Jonathan, who became a false prophet, repented in his old age; and David made him his chief treasurer.”
The words behind it
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גֵרְשׁ֖וֹם | gereshom | Gershom | H1647 → | 13 times |
| שְׁבוּאֵ֥ל | shevuel | Shebuel | H7619 → | 6 times |
| הָרֹֽאשׁ׃ | harosh | the chief | H7218 → | 599 times |
בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
גֵרְשׁ֖וֹםGershom
gereshomH1647 →13 times
שְׁבוּאֵ֥לShebuel
shevuelH7619 →6 times
הָרֹֽאשׁ׃the chief
haroshH7218 →599 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
1 Chronicles 24:20Now these were the remaining descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:24
Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
- 1 Chronicles 23:12–14
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
- 1 Chronicles 6:18
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 26:24
Through
1 Chronicles 26:24Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 24:20
Now these were the remaining descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
- 1 Chronicles 23:15–16
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
- 1 Chronicles 24:20
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.