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1 Chronicles 26:7–14
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1 Chronicles 26:7
7The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
7The sonnes of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men; Elihu, and Semachiah.
1 Chronicles 26:8
8All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.
8All these of the sonnes of Obed-Edom: they and their sonnes and their brethren, able men for strength for the seruice, were threescore and two of Obed-Edom.
1 Chronicles 26:9
9And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
9And Meshelemiah had sonnes and brethren, strong men, eighteene.
1 Chronicles 26:10
10Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
10Also Hosah of the children of Merari, had sonnes: Simri the chiefe, (for though he was not the first borne, yet his father made him the chiefe)
1 Chronicles 26:11
11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the thirde, Zechariah the fourth: all the sonnes and brethren of Hosah, were thirteene.
1 Chronicles 26:12
12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.
12Among these were the diuisions of the porters, euen among the chiefe men, hauing wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 26:13
13¶ And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
13¶ And they cast lots ‖as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers for euery gate.
- Or, aswel for the smal as for the great.
1 Chronicles 26:14
14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
14And the lot Eastward fel to †Shelemiah; then for Zechariah his sonne (a wise counseller:) they cast lots, and his lot came out Northward.
- Called Meshelemiah, ver. 1.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 26:7
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
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Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.
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1 Chronicles 26:8
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.
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Power, force, firmness, ability, endurance, or that which gives support.
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APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
threescore
Thrice twenty; sixty.
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The number equal to one and one.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 26:9
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.
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Eight and ten united.
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1 Chronicles 26:10
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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1 Chronicles 26:11
Following the second in order; one of three equal parts, according to context.
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The ordinal of four; the next after the third.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
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The number ten and three.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 26:12
Separations, parts, groups, or assigned courses, according to context.
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Keepers of doors or gates; doorkeepers or gatekeepers.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
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Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
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Possessing; holding in power or possession; containing; gaining; receiving; taking.
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Divisions, turns, or appointed courses of watch, duty, or service.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
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One more; an additional or different person or thing.
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One who attends, serves, or supplies what is needed; as a verb, to serve, attend, give, provide, or perform an appointed service.
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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.
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LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 26:13
To throw, send forth, place, reckon, or discard, with the exact sense determined by context.
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Objects or methods used to decide allotments; the portions, shares, fates, or decisions so assigned; as a verb, allots.
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In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
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Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
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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
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 26:14
An object or method used to decide an allotment; the portion, share, fate, or decision so assigned; as a verb, to allot.
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Toward or in the direction of the east.
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Fell or dropped down; as an adjective, fierce or cruel; as a noun, an animal skin, according to context.
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Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To throw, send forth, place, reckon, or discard, with the exact sense determined by context.
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Objects or methods used to decide allotments; the portions, shares, fates, or decisions so assigned; as a verb, allots.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
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Open the full verse study11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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Open the full verse study6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
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Open the full verse study15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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Open the full verse study1CONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
From verse 10
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Open the full verse study38And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
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Open the full verse study1NOW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)
From verse 12
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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.
From verse 13
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Open the full verse study31These 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.
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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 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.
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