Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;
and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Commentary on Chapter VI 10. The priest's office - So did all the rest, but it is implied that he did it worthily, he filled his place, and valiantly discharged his office in Uzziah's time. Solomon built - In Solomon's temple; so called to distinguish it from the second temple which was built or in building when these books were written.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
