The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
at the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
The twenty-third to Mahazioth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
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
From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
