1 Chronicles 26:14
in 1 Chronicles 26The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
KJV
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
having wards one against another
on 1 Chronicles 26:12-19
The chief gatekeepers cast lots for their posts the same way the singers of chapter 25 were assigned by lot rather than preference, small families and great families bound by the same draw. The four gates take the compass points, east to Shelemiah, north to Zechariah, south to Obed-edom, west to Shuppim and Hosah, and two further posts, the house of Asuppim and the gate Shallecheth, are recorded though the temple that will stand around them is not yet built. Twenty-four men on watch at any hour serve a house that still exists only as an assignment on paper.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah,....
The sons of Obed-edom were employed in this office, sixty-two of that family. This was he that entertained the ark with reverence and cheerfulness; and see how he was rewarded for it.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And they cast lots, the small like the great, to their fathers’ houses for each gate who will receive this gate, and who will receive this gate, to the east, to the west, to the north, to the south, and so to all the gates in the forecourt.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּפֹּ֧ל | vaiyipol | and it fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| הַגּוֹרָ֛ל | hagoral | the lot | H1486 → | 78 times |
| מִזְרָ֖חָה | mizrachah | east -ward | H4217 → | 74 times |
| לְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֑הוּ | leshelemyahu | to Shelemiah | H8018 → | |
| וּזְכַרְיָ֨הוּ | uzekharyahu | and Zechariah | H2148 → | 43 times |
| בְנ֜וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹעֵ֣ץ׀ | yoetz | a counselor | H3289 → | 79 times |
| בְּשֶׂ֗כֶל | besekhel | with insight | H7922 → | |
| הִפִּ֙ילוּ֙ | hipilu | they cast | H5307 → | 435 times |
| גּֽוֹרָל֔וֹת | goralot | lots | H1486 → | 78 times |
| וַיֵּצֵ֥א | vaiyetze' | and it came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| גוֹרָל֖וֹ | goralo | lot his | H1486 → | 78 times |
| צָפֽוֹנָה׃ ס | tzafonah | north -ward | H6828 → | 153 times |
וַיִּפֹּ֧לand it fell
vaiyipolH5307 →435 times
הַגּוֹרָ֛לthe lot
hagoralH1486 →78 times
מִזְרָ֖חָהeast -ward
mizrachahH4217 →74 times
לְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֑הוּto Shelemiah
leshelemyahuH8018 →
וּזְכַרְיָ֨הוּand Zechariah
uzekharyahuH2148 →43 times
בְנ֜וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
יוֹעֵ֣ץ׀a counselor
yoetzH3289 →79 times
בְּשֶׂ֗כֶלwith insight
besekhelH7922 →
הִפִּ֙ילוּ֙they cast
hipiluH5307 →435 times
גּֽוֹרָל֔וֹתlots
goralotH1486 →78 times
וַיֵּצֵ֥אand it came out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
גוֹרָל֖וֹlot his
goraloH1486 →78 times
צָפֽוֹנָה׃ סnorth -ward
tzafonahH6828 →153 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; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.