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1 Chronicles 9:13

in 1 Chronicles 9

and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

KJV

And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 9

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Able men - Hebrew. mighty men of valour: which is here noted as an excellent qualification for their place; because the priests might meet with great opposition in the discharge of their office, in the execution of the censures upon all impure persons without exception, and in preserving sacred things from violation by the touch of forbidden hands.

This site's exposition

Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin

on 1 Chronicles 9:10-16

The priestly names at 9:10, Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin, are not individuals but heads of three of the twenty-four courses David sets out fully in 1 Chr 24, Jehoiarib first, Jedaiah second, Jachin twenty-first, so the returned priesthood takes up an order older than the exile rather than inventing a new one. The Levites named through verse 16 trace back through Merari, Gershon and a line reaching Asaph, the singer's house chapter 16 already planted at the ark's return. The list works the way the Chronicler works genealogy throughout the book, naming continuity rather than narrating it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand and seven hundred and threescore. These, with other priests, made up this number, which was greater than those of Judah and Benjamin, that dwelt in Jerusalem, put together: very able men for the work of the service of the house of God: men that had not only strength of body, which some part of the work of the priests required; but had courage and fortitude of mind to set about the service of God with cheerfulness, and to preserve it from corruption.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Both these considerations made them very zealous and forward in setting up the worship of God among them; so they began their worship of God at the right end. Instances hereof we have here. Before the house of the Lord was built they had the house of the tabernacle, a plain and movable tent, which they made use of in the mean time.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

And their brethren - What a prodigious number of ecclesiastics to perform the Divine service of one temple! no less than one thousand seven hundred and eighty able-bodied men! and this number is reckoned independently of the two hundred and twelve porters who served at the gates of the house of the Lord, 1Ch 9:22.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וַאֲחֵיהֶ֗םand relatives their

    vaacheihemH251630 times

  • רָאשִׁים֙chiefs

    rashimH7218599 times

  • לְבֵ֣יתof [the] house of

    leveitH10042046 times

  • אֲבוֹתָ֔םancestors their

    ʾavotamH11212 times

  • אֶ֕לֶףone thousand

    ʾelefH505505 times

  • וּשְׁבַ֥עand seven

    usheva'H7651394 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967581 times

  • וְשִׁשִּׁ֑יםand sixty

    veshishimH834659 times

  • גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי<the> mighty [men] of

    giboreiH1368158 times

  • חֵ֔יל<the> ability of

    cheilH2428246 times

  • מְלֶ֖אכֶת[the] work of

    melekhetH4399167 times

  • עֲבוֹדַ֥ת[the] service of

    avodatH5656145 times

  • בֵּית־[the] house of

    beit-H10042046 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God

    haelohimH4302601 times

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

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 26:32

    Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 19:11

      Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to…

    • 1 Chronicles 15:12

      And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel,…

    • 1 Chronicles 24:31

      As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family…

    • 1 Chronicles 12:37

      And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.

    • 1 Chronicles 23:24

      These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 26:30

    From the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 27:17

      over Levi was Hashabiah son of Kemuel; over Aaron was Zadok;

    • 1 Chronicles 23:19

      The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 26:6

    Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 26:8

      All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.

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.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.