And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
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?
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And Zebadiah,.... And all that follow in this and the next verse were the sons of Beriah the son of Elpaal; namely: Arad, Ader, Michael, Ispah, and Joha.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
