1 Chronicles 24:9
in 1 Chronicles 24the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
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ASV
the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
KJV
The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 24
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
the first lot came forth
on 1 Chronicles 24:7-13
The twenty-four lots run through both priestly houses mixed together rather than kept apart, so a name's place in the list carries no rank of honor. The eighth lot falls to Abijah, and Luke 1:5 introduces Zacharias the father of John the Baptist as a priest of the course of Abia, the same rotation set here centuries before Christ. This administrative roster is the machine that dates the New Testament's opening scene, since Zacharias was serving his division's turn in the temple when Gabriel met him at the altar.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַלְכִּיָּה֙ | lemalkiyah | to Malkijah | H4441 → | 16 times |
| הַחֲמִישִׁ֔י | hachamishi | the fifth | H2549 → | 45 times |
| לְמִיָּמִ֖ן | lemiyamin | to Mijamin | H4326 → | |
| הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי׃ | hashishi | the sixth | H8345 → | 28 times |
לְמַלְכִּיָּה֙to Malkijah
lemalkiyahH4441 →16 times
הַחֲמִישִׁ֔יthe fifth
hachamishiH2549 →45 times
לְמִיָּמִ֖ןto Mijamin
lemiyaminH4326 →
הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי׃the sixth
hashishiH8345 →28 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 and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.