1 Chronicles 5:13
in 1 Chronicles 5Their kinsmen by families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their brethren of their fathers’ houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
KJV
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd their brethren - This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and in the Arabic.
This site's exposition
dwelt over against them
on 1 Chronicles 5:11-17
Gad settled across from Reuben in Bashan, the tableland running to Salchah, and verse 17 says the line was reckoned twice over, once under Jotham king of Judah and once under Jeroboam king of Israel. Barnes reads the double dating as a sign that Judah still exercised some claim over the tribes east of Jordan in that period, even after the kingdom split. Gad's towns reached into the suburbs of Sharon, a name shared with the coastal plain near Joppa but here marking a district of Bashan itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And their brethren of the house of their fathers,.... Who were also men of eminence and note in them: were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Shebai, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven; so they are as here mentioned by name.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the children of Gad dwelt over against them--The genealogy of the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 5:24) is given along with that of the Reubenites, as these three were associated in a separate colony.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And their brothers to the house of their fathers in the place of their genealogy.
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחֵיהֶ֞ם | vaacheihem | and relatives their | H251 → | 630 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם | ʾavoteihem | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מִֽיכָאֵ֡ל | mikhael | Michael | H4317 → | 13 times |
| וּמְשֻׁלָּ֡ם | umeshulam | and Meshullam | H4918 → | 25 times |
| וְ֠שֶׁבַע | vesheva' | and Sheba | H7652 → | |
| וְיוֹרַ֧י | veyorai | and Jorai | H3140 → | |
| וְיַעְכָּ֛ן | veya'kan | and Jakan | H3275 → | |
| וְזִ֥יעַ | vezia' | and Zia | H2127 → | |
| וָעֵ֖בֶר | vaever | and Eber | H5677 → | 15 times |
| שִׁבְעָֽה׃ ס | shivah | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֞םand relatives their
vaacheihemH251 →630 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֗םancestors their
ʾavoteihemH1 →1212 times
מִֽיכָאֵ֡לMichael
mikhaelH4317 →13 times
וּמְשֻׁלָּ֡םand Meshullam
umeshulamH4918 →25 times
וְ֠שֶׁבַעand Sheba
vesheva'H7652 →
וְיוֹרַ֧יand Jorai
veyoraiH3140 →
וְיַעְכָּ֛ןand Jakan
veya'kanH3275 →
וְזִ֥יעַand Zia
vezia'H2127 →
וָעֵ֖בֶרand Eber
vaeverH5677 →15 times
שִׁבְעָֽה׃ סseven
shivahH7651 →394 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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).