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1 Chronicles 26:4

in 1 Chronicles 26

And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

KJV

Moreover the sons of Obed–edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 26

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Obed-edom and Hosah 1Ch 26:10 had been “porters,” or door - keepers, from the time of the bringing up of the ark into Jerusalem 1Ch 15:24; 1Ch 16:38.

This site's exposition

Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second

on 1 Chronicles 26:4-8

Obed-edom is the man who housed the ark for three months in 2 Samuel 6 while David's first attempt to bring it to Jerusalem lay abandoned nearby, and two generations later his line still stands at the gates. The text states the reason without qualification, for God blessed him, and counts eight sons and their households as the visible shape of that blessing, sixty-two able men in all. A family that took the ark in almost by accident of geography is given a permanent post guarding it, a household reward Matthew Henry and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown both trace back to 2 Samuel 6:11-12.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Moreover, the sons of Obededom,....

The words behind it

13 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.

  • וּלְעֹבֵ֥דand [belonged] to Obed-

    uleovedH5654 →40 times

  • אֱדֹ֖םEdom

    ʾedomH5654 →40 times

  • בָּנִ֑יםsons

    banimH1121 →4930 times

  • שְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הShemaiah

    shema'yahH8098 →41 times

  • הַבְּכוֹר֙the firstborn

    habekhorH1060 →122 times

  • יְהוֹזָבָ֣דJehozabad

    yehozavadH3075 →

  • הַשֵּׁנִ֔יthe second

    hasheniH8145 →156 times

  • יוֹאָ֤חJoah

    yoachH3098 →

  • הַשְּׁלִשִׁי֙the third

    hashelishiH7992 →107 times

  • וְשָׂכָ֣רand Sakar

    vesakharH7940 →

  • הָרְבִיעִ֔יthe fourth

    hareviiH7243 →56 times

  • וּנְתַנְאֵ֖לand Nethanel

    unetanelH5417 →14 times

  • הַחֲמִישִֽׁי׃the fifth

    hachamishiH2549 →45 times

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

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 15:24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.3 works1 Chronicles 16:38along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.3 works1 Chronicles 15:18and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.3 works1 Chronicles 13:13So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.3 works1 Chronicles 15:21And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.2 works1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals2 works

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 16:38

    along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 13:14

      Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 26:10

      Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:24

    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 16:6

      and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:28

      So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

    • Numbers 10:8

      The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 16:5

    Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

    it leads to

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:18

    and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 16:38

      along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:21

    And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 25:6–7

      All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and…

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 1 Chronicles 26 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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