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2 Chronicles 29:12

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Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then the Levites arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

KJV

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
On the triple division of the Levites, see 1Ch 23:6; and on the musical Levites, see 1Ch 25:1-6. 2Ch 29:13 The descendants of Elizaphan - a grandson of Kohath Exo 6:22, and chief of the Kohathites at the time of the census in the wilderness Num 3:30 - appear at all times to have formed a distinct branch of the Kohathites with special privileges 1Ch 15:8.

This site's exposition

of the sons of the Kohathites

on 2 Chronicles 29:12-14

Fourteen Levites, two from each of the three Levitical houses and then two more from each of the four song guilds, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and the sons of Elizaphan, answer the summons by name. The names are not decoration: they are the courses David organized in 1 Chr 23-26 reporting for the first work assigned to them since Ahaz's reign began, the structure built two generations earlier proving functional the moment a king calls on it. Barnes notes the sons of Elizaphan as a distinct branch of Kohath with standing privileges going back to the wilderness census at Numbers 3:30, one more thread this list ties to the tabernacle order Chronicles never lets Israel forget.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Then the Levites arose,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

A solemn revival of God's ordinances that had been neglected, in which atonement was made for the sins of the last reign, and the wheels were set a-going again, to the great satisfaction of king and people,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

This took eight days more. At the end of this period they repaired to the palace and announced that not only had the whole of the sacred edifice, within and without, undergone a thorough purification, but all the vessels which the late king had taken away and applied to a common use in his palace, had been restored, "and sanctified."

The words behind it

28 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.

  • וַיָּקֻ֣מוּand they arose

    vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times

  • הַ֠לְוִיִּםthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • מַ֣חַתMahath

    machatH4287 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֲמָשַׂ֞יAmasai

    ʾamasaiH6022 →

  • וְיוֹאֵ֣לand Joel

    veyoelH3100 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֲזַרְיָהוּ֮Azariah

    ʾazaryahuH5838 →49 times

  • מִן־of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • הַקְּהָתִי֒the Kohathite[s]

    hakehatiH6956 →15 times

  • וּמִן־and of

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • מְרָרִ֔יMerari

    merariH4847 →

  • קִ֚ישׁKish

    kishH7027 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עַבְדִּ֔יAbdi

    ʾavdiH5660 →

  • וַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּand Azariah

    vaazaryahuH5838 →49 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהַלֶּלְאֵ֑לJehallelel

    yehalelelH3094 →

  • וּמִן־and of

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַגֵּ֣רְשֻׁנִּ֔יthe Gershonite[s]

    hagereshuniH1649 →

  • יוֹאָח֙Joah

    yoachH3098 →11 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • זִמָּ֔הZimmah

    zimahH2155 →

  • וְעֵ֖דֶןand Eden

    veedenH5731 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יוֹאָֽח׃Joah

    yoachH3098 →11 times

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

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 3:19–20The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.2 works1 Chronicles 15:5–7From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;2 worksNumbers 4:2–20“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,2 works1 Chronicles 6:44On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari:2 works1 Chronicles 23:7–23The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.2 works1 Chronicles 6:16–21The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 6:16–25These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.2 works2 Chronicles 31:13Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.2 worksNumbers 3:17These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.2 works2 Chronicles 31:15Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.2 works

The walk

5 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 6:44

    On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari:

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 25:3

      From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

    • Psalms 89:1

      I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:17

      So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

    • 1 Chronicles 25:1

      Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…

    • 1 Chronicles 25:6

      All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and…

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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