1 Chronicles 26:29

1 Chronicles 26:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
• New International Version (NIV)From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to external duties for Israel, as officers and judges.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons performed duties as officials and judges over Israel outside Jerusalem.

Context of 1 Chronicles 26:29

27When the Israelites won battles, they took valuable things from their enemies. They brought some of those things to the Lord's temple to make it strong. 28There were also gifts that Samuel the prophet, Kish's son Saul, Ner's son Abner and Zeruiah's son Joab had offered to the Lord. Shelomoth and his relatives had authority to keep safe everything that had been offered to the Lord. There were also descendants of Izhar: Kenaniah and his sons did not work in the temple. Instead they served as judges and officers in different places in Israel. 30There were descendants of Hebron: Hashabiah and his relatives served as officers on the west side of the Jordan River. There were 1,700 of those men who could work well. They had authority for the work the people did to serve the Lord and the king. 31Jeriah was the leader among Hebron's descendants. The records of their ancestors showed that this was true. When David had been king for 40 years, people read those records carefully. They realized that there were descendants of Hebron who were living at Jazer in Gilead region, and people respected them very much.

1 Chronicles 26:29 word by word

לַיִּצְהָרִ֞י כְּנַנְיָ֣הוּ וּבָנָ֗יו לַמְּלָאכָ֤ה הַחִֽיצוֹנָה֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים וּלְשֹׁפְטִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Of the Izharitesיִצְהָרִיyitshârîy · IzhariteH3325
• Chenaniahכְּנַנְיָ֫הוּkenanyâh kenanyâhû · ChenaniahH3663
• and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• for the outwardחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• businessמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• for officersשֹׁטֵרshôţêr · officialH7860
• and judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 26:29

• 1 Chronicles 26:23The other guards for those rooms were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
• 1 Chronicles 23:12Kohath's four sons were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
• 2 Chronicles 34:13had authority over the men who carried the wood and the stones. They told the workers what to do as they did their different jobs. Some Levites worked as secretaries, officers or guards.
• Nehemiah 11:16Shabbethai and Jozabad were leaders of the Levites who had authority over work on the outside of God's temple.
• 1 Chronicles 23:4David said, ‘24,000 of these Levite men must have authority for the work of the Lord's temple. 6,000 of them will be officers and judges.
• 2 Chronicles 19:8Jehoshaphat also chose some Levites, priests and clan leaders to serve the Lord as judges in Jerusalem. They used God's law to decide who was right when people who lived in Jerusalem had arguments.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Outward business - Work done without the city; cutting of timber, hewing stones, ploughing the fields belonging to the sanctuary. - Jarchi.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-32As Solomon prepared to become king, David appointed officials to organize the Levitical orders at the end of his reign. These officers included treasurers, administrators, and judges who were part of the government.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. officers and judges--The word rendered "officers" is the term which signifies scribes or secretaries, so that the Levitical class here described were magistrates, who, attended by their clerks, exercised judicial functions; there were six thousand of them (1Ch 23:4), who probably acted like their brethren on the principle of rotation, and these were divided into three classes--one (1Ch 26:29) for the outward business over Israel; one (1Ch 26:30)…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 26:29

• Chenaniah
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary