1 Chronicles 24:26
in 1 Chronicles 24The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.
KJV
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 24
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The sons of Jaaziah, Beno - Beno is not really a name. It is the Hebrew for “his son,” and is to be attached to Jaaziah. Translate 1Ch 24:27, “and the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son (were) Shoham and Zaccur, and Ibri.” The meaning of the whole passage 1Ch 24:26-30 seems to be that there were three branches of the Merarites the Beni-Mahli, the Beni-Mushi, and the Beni-Jaaziah.
This site's exposition
the rest of the sons
on 1 Chronicles 24:20-31
A second census follows for the rest of the Levites, the singers' and gatekeepers' own kin, organized under the houses of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel and Merari and counted by household exactly as the priests were. Barnes counts twenty-five family heads named here against the twenty-four priestly courses, one more than the pattern would predict, and the text itself does not explain the difference. Verse 31 closes the chapter by restating its whole method, that these houses too cast lots in David's presence and the older families drew no advantage over the younger, precedence settled by lot rather than birth.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The particular account of these establishments is of little use to us now; but, when Ezra published it, it was of great use to direct their church affairs after their return from captivity into the old channel again.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The sons of Merari - It is remarkable that not a word is here spoken of the family of Gershom.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֤י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְרָרִי֙ | merari | Merari | H4847 → | 36 times |
| מַחְלִ֣י | machli | Mahli | H4249 → | 12 times |
| וּמוּשִׁ֔י | umushi | and Mushi | H4187 → | 8 times |
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יַעֲזִיָּ֥הֽוּ | yaaziyahu | Jaaziah | H3269 → | |
| בְנֽוֹ׃ | veno | Beno | H1121 → | 4930 times |
בְּנֵ֤י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מְרָרִי֙Merari
merariH4847 →36 times
מַחְלִ֣יMahli
machliH4249 →12 times
וּמוּשִׁ֔יand Mushi
umushiH4187 →8 times
בְּנֵ֖י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יַעֲזִיָּ֥הֽוּJaaziah
yaaziyahuH3269 →
בְנֽוֹ׃Beno
venoH1121 →4930 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 23:21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
it leads to
- Exodus 6:19
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
- 1 Chronicles 24:26–30
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
- 1 Chronicles 6:30
Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:20
Of Gershom:
- 1 Chronicles 23:6
Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exodus 6:19
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.