2 Chronicles 31:13
in 2 Chronicles 31Jehiel, 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
KJV
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 31
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Private individuals brought their own first-fruits to the temple; but the tithes were levied by the Levites, who kept a faithful account of them in their several places of abode and transmitted the allotted proportion to the priests.
This site's exposition
prepare chambers in the house
on 2 Chronicles 31:11-13
Storage has to be built for what devotion produced, so Hezekiah orders chambers made ready in the temple to hold the heaps. Cononiah the Levite is set over them with his brother Shimei next under him, and ten further men are named as overseers beneath them by the king's own commandment. Chronicles keeps the names because the reform's success is carried by faithful hands, not by the king's zeal standing alone.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother,....
The laying up in store what was brought in was an encouragement to people to pay in their contributions. That will be given cheerfully by the public which appears to be well husbanded. That they should be faithfully laid out, according to the uses they were intended for.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וִֽיחִיאֵ֡ל | vichiel | and Jehiel | H3171 → | 14 times |
| וַ֠עֲזַזְיָהוּ | vaazazyahu | and Azaziah | H5812 → | |
| וְנַ֨חַת | venachat | and Nahath | H5184 → | |
| וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֜ל | vaasahel | and Asahel | H6214 → | |
| וִֽירִימ֤וֹת | virimot | and Jerimoth | H3406 → | |
| וְיוֹזָבָד֙ | veyozavad | and Jozabad | H3107 → | |
| וֶאֱלִיאֵ֣ל | veeliel | and Eliel | H447 → | |
| וְיִסְמַכְיָ֔הוּ | veyismakhyahu | and Ismachiah | H3253 → | |
| וּמַ֖חַת | umachat | and Mahath | H4287 → | |
| וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ | uvenayahu | and Benaiah | H1141 → | |
| פְּקִידִ֗ים | pekidim | [were] overseers | H6496 → | |
| מִיַּ֤ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| כָּֽנַנְיָ֙הוּ֙ | kavnanyahu | Konaniah | H3562 → | 3 times |
| וְשִׁמְעִ֣י | veshimi | and Shimei | H8096 → | 43 times |
| אָחִ֔יו | ʾachiv | brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| בְּמִפְקַד֙ | bemifkad | by [the] appointment of | H4662 → | |
| יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ | yechizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ | vaazaryahu | and Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| נְגִ֥יד | negid | [the] ruler of | H5057 → | 45 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וִֽיחִיאֵ֡לand Jehiel
vichielH3171 →14 times
וַ֠עֲזַזְיָהוּand Azaziah
vaazazyahuH5812 →
וְנַ֨חַתand Nahath
venachatH5184 →
וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֜לand Asahel
vaasahelH6214 →
וִֽירִימ֤וֹתand Jerimoth
virimotH3406 →
וְיוֹזָבָד֙and Jozabad
veyozavadH3107 →
וֶאֱלִיאֵ֣לand Eliel
veelielH447 →
וְיִסְמַכְיָ֔הוּand Ismachiah
veyismakhyahuH3253 →
וּמַ֖חַתand Mahath
umachatH4287 →
וּבְנָיָ֑הוּand Benaiah
uvenayahuH1141 →
פְּקִידִ֗ים[were] overseers
pekidimH6496 →
מִיַּ֤דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
כָּֽנַנְיָ֙הוּ֙Konaniah
kavnanyahuH3562 →3 times
וְשִׁמְעִ֣יand Shimei
veshimiH8096 →43 times
אָחִ֔יוbrother his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
בְּמִפְקַד֙by [the] appointment of
bemifkadH4662 →
יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּHezekiah
yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּand Azariah
vaazaryahuH5838 →49 times
נְגִ֥יד[the] ruler of
negidH5057 →45 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 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 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Jeremiah 24:7
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their…
- Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by…
- Jeremiah 32:39
Through
1 Chronicles 9:11Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;
it leads to
- Acts 5:24
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 11:11
Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin; Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;
- Acts 5:24
Through
1 Chronicles 24:5Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
it leads to
- 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 24:31
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
