KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Chronicles 24:28–31
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1 Chronicles 24:28
28Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
28Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sonnes.
1 Chronicles 24:29
29Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
29Concerning Kish: the sonne of Kish was Ierahmeel.
1 Chronicles 24:30
30The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
30The sonnes also of Mushi, Mahli, and Eder, and Ierimoth. These were the sonnes of the Leuites after the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles 24:31
31These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
31These likewise cast lots ouer against their brethren the sonnes of Aaron, in the presence of Dauid the King, and Zadok and Ahimelech, and the chiefe of the fathers of the priests and Leuites, euen the principall fathers ouer against their yonger brethren.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 24:29
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
Concerning
Regarding, relating to, or about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 24:30
Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 24:31
In like manner; also or similarly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To throw, send forth, place, reckon, or discard, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Objects or methods used to decide allotments; the portions, shares, fates, or decisions so assigned; as a verb, allots.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons who officiate in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; KJV contexts distinguish Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, chief priests, and persons made priests unto God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (headword: priest)
Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
First, chief, or highest in rank or importance; also a chief person or leading thing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Not so old as another; less advanced in age.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 28
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Open the full verse study22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
From verse 30
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Open the full verse study23The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
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Open the full verse study47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
From verse 31
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Open the full verse study5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
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Open the full verse study8¶ And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
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Open the full verse study13¶ And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
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Open the full verse study56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
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