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1 Chronicles 27:15

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The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, from the family of Othniel. There were 24,000 men in his division.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

KJV

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 27

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim

on 1 Chronicles 27:10-15

The list runs out the remaining six months, one course of twenty and four thousand after another, with no story attached to any of the six names. The uniform silence is itself the pattern: after the flashes at Benaiah and Asahel, Chronicles lets the rest of the year's captains stand as names alone, the discipline the book keeps through most of its rosters.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel. [This means]: from the family of Othniel son of Kenaz.
Radak: Provence, 1160–1235 · Radak on I Chronicles 27:15:1, via Sefaria, The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And over the tribes of Israel We already stated the chiefs of David’s divisions, and now he tells who the leaders of the tribes of Israel were, the leader of each tribe.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 27:16:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 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 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.

  • הַשְּׁנֵ֤יםthe two [plus]

    hasheneimH8147 →768 times

  • עָשָׂר֙ten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • לִשְׁנֵ֣יםfor two [plus]

    lishneimH8147 →768 times

  • עָשָׂ֣רten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • הַחֹ֔דֶשׁthe month

    hachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • חֶלְדַּ֥יHeldai

    cheldaiH2469 →

  • הַנְּטוֹפָתִ֖יthe Netophathite

    hanetofatiH5200 →11 times

  • לְעָתְנִיאֵ֑לof Othniel

    leatenielH6274 →7 times

  • וְעַל֙and [were] with

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹdivision his

    machaluktoH4256 →42 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְאַרְבָּעָ֖הand four

    vearbaahH702 →318 times

  • אָֽלֶף׃ פthousand

    ʾalefH505 →505 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

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

    Judges 3:9

    But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:13

      So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Judges 3:15

      And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

    • Psalms 22:5

      They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

    • Judges 10:10

      Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

    • Judges 6:7

      Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 4:13

    The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:17

      So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

    • Judges 3:9–11

      But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 11:30

    Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 23:29

      Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,

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.
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