1 Chronicles 9:25
in 1 Chronicles 9Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
KJV
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
See the marginal references. If the number of warders was, as stated in Nehemiah (Neh 11:19) 172 (i. e. 168 besides the four chief warders), and the number employed at any one time was, as under David 1Ch 26:17-18, twenty-four, then the turn of the courses to keep ward came every seven weeks.
This site's exposition
were two hundred and twelve
on 1 Chronicles 9:22-27
Two hundred and twelve gatekeepers stand under an office David and Samuel the seer together ordained, set at four posts toward the compass, and organized so that villages send fresh watches every seven days while four chief porters never rotate off, remaining over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. Verse 27 states the office in its own terms: they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them, a trust measured in keys held rather than words preached. Henry reads the whole company as ministers who kept near their work so they could give themselves wholly to it, the same discipline Levites once kept camped around the wilderness tabernacle.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
To come - From their several villages to the place of worship. Seven days - Every seventh day the courses were changed, and the new comers were to tarry 'till the next sabbath day. With them - To be with them, with the chief porters, who alway's abode in the place of God's worship.
And their brethren, which were in their villages,.... Assigned them to dwell in: were to come after seven days from time to time with them; there was a new course of them every week; the old ones went off of duty, and another course succeeded, which came out of the villages where they dwelt, and the old course retired to theirs.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחֵיהֶ֨ם | vaacheihem | and relatives their | H251 → | 630 times |
| בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֜ם | bechatzreihem | in villages their | H2691 → | 191 times |
| לָב֨וֹא | lavo' | [were] to come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְשִׁבְעַ֧ת | leshivat | for [the] seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| הַיָּמִ֛ים | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מֵעֵ֥ת | meet | from time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עֵ֖ת | ʾet | time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֵֽלֶּה׃ | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֨םand relatives their
vaacheihemH251 →630 times
בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֜םin villages their
bechatzreihemH2691 →191 times
לָב֨וֹא[were] to come
lavo'H935 →2568 times
לְשִׁבְעַ֧תfor [the] seven
leshivatH7651 →394 times
הַיָּמִ֛יםthe days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
מֵעֵ֥תfrom time
meetH6256 →296 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
עֵ֖תtime
ʾetH6256 →296 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֵֽלֶּה׃these
ʾelehH428 →746 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Chronicles 23:8So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 11:9
So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the…
- 1 Chronicles 24:1–26
These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 2 Kings 11:9
Through
2 Kings 11:5and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:3–6
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
- Jeremiah 26:10
When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
- Ezekiel 44:2–3
And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through…
- 1 Chronicles 23:32
So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 10:5
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her…
- 1 Chronicles 23:3–6
Through
2 Kings 11:7the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 11:5
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
- 2 Kings 11:5
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on 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.