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1 Chronicles 26:32

in 1 Chronicles 26

Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and to the affairs of the king.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers’ houses, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.

KJV

And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 26

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Rulers - This term is somewhat too strong. The same kind of office was assigned to Jerijah and his brethren in the trans-Jordanic region as to Hashabiah and his brethren in western Palestine 1Ch 26:30, namely, a superintendence over religious matters and over the interests of the king.

This site's exposition

for the outward business over Israel

on 1 Chronicles 26:29-32

Chenaniah's Izharites and Hashabiah's Hebronites move outside the sanctuary altogether into civil office as judges and officers, one command on the west side of Jordan and another, under Jerijah, ranging east into Gilead where fighting men are found and enrolled in David's fortieth year. Chronicles sets these appointments beside the gatekeepers and treasurers because it does not separate sacred service from civil administration; both run through the same Levitical households under the same king. Nearly four thousand four hundred men across these two commands alone show how far David's ordering of the kingdom reached beyond the temple courts.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Of the Lord - In all things which concerned the house or worship of God; to take care that such monies as were given towards building the temple, or towards the sacrifices and other holy ministrations should be gathered and received, and faithfully sent up to Jerusalem; and to see to the execution of all the laws of God among the people.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

In allusion to this office, ministers are said to have the keys to the kingdom of heaven committed to them ( Matt. xvi. 19 ), that they may admit, and exclude, according to the law of Christ. Of several of those that were called to this service, it is taken notice of that they were mighty men of valour (

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And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Some, it is likely, applied themselves to the affairs of religion, others to secular affairs; and so, between both, God and the king were well served. It is happy with a kingdom when its civil and sacred interests are thus interwoven and jointly minded and advanced.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאֶחָ֣יוand relatives his

    veechavH251630 times

  • בְּנֵי־[were] sons of

    benei-H11214930 times

  • חַ֗יִלability

    chayilH2428246 times

  • אַלְפַּ֛יִםtwo thousand

    ʾalpayimH505505 times

  • וּשְׁבַ֥עand seven

    usheva'H7651394 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967581 times

  • רָאשֵׁ֣י[the] heads of

    rasheiH7218599 times

  • הָאָב֑וֹתthe fathers

    haavotH11212 times

  • וַיַּפְקִידֵ֞םand he appointed them

    vaiyafkidemH6485303 times

  • דָּוִ֣ידDavid

    davidH1732999 times

  • הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • הָראוּבֵנִ֤יthe Reubenite[s]

    horuveniH720618 times

  • וְהַגָּדִי֙and the Gadite[s]

    vehagadiH142516 times

  • וַחֲצִי֙and [the] half of

    vachatziH2677125 times

  • שֵׁ֣בֶט[the] tribe of

    shevetH7626190 times

  • הַֽמְנַשִּׁ֔יthe Manassite[s]

    hamnashiH4520

  • לְכָל־to every

    lekholH36055413 times

  • דְּבַ֥ר<the> matter of

    devarH16971440 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God

    haelohimH4302601 times

  • וּדְבַ֥רand [the] matter of

    udevarH16971440 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 24:31

    As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 24:5–6

      Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:12

    And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel,…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 35:6

      Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”

    • 1 Chronicles 15:14

      So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    • Romans 12:1–2

      Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 23:24

    These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 10:17

      Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

    • 1 Chronicles 23:3

      The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.

    • Numbers 10:21

      Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 19:11

    Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 19:8

      Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.