The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth.
the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.
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?
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 reaches1
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
