1 Chronicles 25:31
in 1 Chronicles 25and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
KJV
The four and twentieth to Romamti–ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 25
Commentary
4 notes on this verseRomamti-ezer - Both these names belong to the same person. He is mentioned also 1Ch 25:4. With this immense parade of noise and show, (David’s own invention), Christianity has nothing to do.
This site's exposition
the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph
on 1 Chronicles 25:9-31
Verses nine through thirty one enact the lot of verse eight, name by name: twenty four courses of twelve voices each, the same multiple of twelve that already ordered the priests. Every name in the roll already stood in the family lists of verses two through four; the roster simply fixes the order the lot gave them, ward against ward. Gill and Keil both flag two of the twenty four as the same men under a variant spelling, Shubael of verse twenty for Shebuel of verse four and Azareel of verse eighteen for Uzziel of the same verse, a difference the roster itself never explains.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the L ORD , even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. Singing the praises of God is here called prophesying (
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The service - To the service of God under the conduct of these persons. Prophecy - Praise God by singing the psalms of David, and other sacred songs made by themselves, who were prophets, or by other prophets or holy men of God.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְאַרְבָּעָ֤ה | learbaah | for four | H702 → | 318 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| לְרוֹמַ֣מְתִּי | leromamti | to Romamti- | H7320 → | 4 times |
| עָ֔זֶר | ʾazer | Ezer | H7320 → | 4 times |
| בָּנָ֥יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְאֶחָ֖יו | veechav | and relatives his | H251 → | 630 times |
| שְׁנֵ֥ים | sheneim | two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָֽׂר׃ פ | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
לְאַרְבָּעָ֤הfor four
learbaahH702 →318 times
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙and twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
לְרוֹמַ֣מְתִּיto Romamti-
leromamtiH7320 →4 times
עָ֔זֶרEzer
ʾazerH7320 →4 times
בָּנָ֥יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
וְאֶחָ֖יוand relatives his
veechavH251 →630 times
שְׁנֵ֥יםtwo [plus]
sheneimH8147 →768 times
עָשָֽׂר׃ פten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.