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2 Chronicles 31:15

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Under 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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

KJV

And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The cities of the priests - i. e. the Levitical cities (compare marginal reference). Of these, some had gone to decay, while others, as Libnah and Beth-shemesh 2Ch 21:10; 2Ch 28:18, had been lost, so that the original number, thirteen, was now, apparently, reduced to six. In their set office - Rather, as in marg. These six Levites were stationed at the Levitical cities, with the trust following committed to them.

This site's exposition

over the freewill offerings of God

on 2 Chronicles 31:14-19

Kore, a gatekeeper at the temple's east gate, is set over the freewill offerings and the most holy things, and under him six further Levites distribute the priests' share in the Levitical cities, sorted by the genealogical rolls the book has already spent nine chapters compiling. The distribution reaches priests from twenty years old, and further still to every male from three years old and to every wife, son and daughter of a priestly household, in the towns and in the outlying fields alike. Chronicles counts the youngest child of a consecrated family as owed a portion, because a household that keeps itself in holiness is provided for as a household.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And next to him were Eden and Mijamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

And Miniamin - Instead of מנימן, Miniamin, בנימן, Benjamin, is the reading of three of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS.; and this is the reading of the Vulgate, Syriac, Septuagint, and Arabic.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

Besides [what was allocated to] male family members, from three years old and up.
Radak: Provence, 1160–1235 · Radak on II Chronicles 31:16:1, via Sefaria, The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

16 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.

  • וְעַל־and [were] on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יָד֡וֹhand his

    yadoH3027 →1618 times

  • עֵ֣דֶןEden

    ʾedenH5731 →

  • וּ֠מִנְיָמִןand Miniamin

    uminyaminH4509 →

  • וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַand Jeshua

    veyeshua'H3442 →

  • וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הוּand Shemaiah

    ushema'yahuH8098 →41 times

  • אֲמַרְיָ֧הוּAmariah

    ʾamaryahuH568 →

  • וּשְׁכַנְיָ֛הוּand Shecaniah

    ushekhanyahuH7935 →

  • בְּעָרֵ֥יin [the] cities of

    beareiH5892 →1090 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑הin faithfulness

    beemunahH530 →49 times

  • לָתֵ֤תto distribute

    latetH5414 →2011 times

  • לַאֲחֵיהֶם֙to brothers their

    laacheihemH251 →630 times

  • בְּמַחְלְק֔וֹתby divisions

    bemachlekotH4256 →42 times

  • כַּגָּד֖וֹלas the great

    kagadolH1419 →526 times

  • כַּקָּטָֽן׃as the small

    kakatanH6996 →101 times

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

Related verses

7 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.

Joshua 21:9–19From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name5 works1 Chronicles 25:8They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.2 works1 Chronicles 6:54–60Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them: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 works2 Chronicles 29:12Then 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;2 works1 Chronicles 9:22The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 31:18The genealogy included all the little ones, wives, sons, and daughters in the whole assembly. For they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy.2 works

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 25:8

    They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 26:13

      They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

    • Proverbs 16:33

      The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

    • Nehemiah 12:24

      The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other,…

    • Acts 1:26

      Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

    • 1 Samuel 14:41–42

      So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 29:12

    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…

    it leads to

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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