Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.
— The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Voices1
Of the sons of Izhar,.... Another son of Kohath, the son of Levi, 1Ch 23:12. Shelomith the chief; the principal descendant of Izhar at this time.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches3
From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
1 Chronicles 26:26This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and…
leads to
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for…
From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also…
Through
1 Chronicles 24:22From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
leads to
The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and…
The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
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