1 Chronicles 23:17

1 Chronicles 23:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Of the descendants of Eliezer, Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

Context of 1 Chronicles 23:17

15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 18The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. 19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 23:17 word by word

וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־אֱלִיעֶ֖זֶר רְחַבְיָ֣ה הָרֹ֑אשׁ וְלֹא־הָיָ֤ה לֶאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙ בָּנִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וּבְנֵ֥י רְחַבְיָ֖ה רָב֥וּ לְמָֽעְלָה׃Read the interlinear

• sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Eliezerאֱלִיעֶ֫זֶר'ĕlîy‛ezer · EliezerH461
• wereהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• Rehabiahרְחַבְיָהוּrechabyâh rechabyâhû · RehabiahH7345
• chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:17

• 1 Chronicles 26:25And his brethren: of Eliezer came Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17But the sons of Rehabiah were very many - The Targum says, "On account of the merits of Moses, the posterity of Rehabiah were multiplied to more than sixty myriads."Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-23David organized the Levites into groups based on their family lines. There were more clerics than needed for one temple. These groups allowed all priests and Levites to take turns serving in the temple (see Luke 1:5, 8).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 23:17

• Eliezer
• Levites
• Rehabiah

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• Eliezer
• Music
• Rehabiah
• Zacharias
• Adonijah
• David
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy
• Kohath; Kohathites

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary