God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 26:29
29From Izhar’s descendants Chenaniah and his sons were assigned duties. They served as officials and judges outside ⌞the temple⌟ in Israel.
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
27(They had donated some of the loot taken in battle to support the Lord’s temple.) 28Everything that Samuel the seer, Saul (son of Kish), Abner (son of Ner), and Joab (son of Zeruiah) had donated—everything that had been donated—was under the supervision of Shelomith and his relatives. From Izhar’s descendants Chenaniah and his sons were assigned duties. They served as officials and judges outside ⌞the temple⌟ in Israel. 30From Hebron’s descendants Hashabiah and his 1,700 skilled, male relatives were appointed to serve Israel west of the Jordan River. They did everything the Lord wanted them to do, and they served the king. 31Jeriah was the head of Hebron’s descendants. In the fortieth year of David’s reign, the ancestry of Hebron’s descendants was researched family by family. Warriors from these families were found at Jazer in Gilead.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 261 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 26:23For the descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel,
- 1 Chronicles 23:12Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 2 Chronicles 34:13also supervised the workers and directed all the workmen on the various jobs. Some of the Levites served as scribes, officials, or gatekeepers.
- Nehemiah 11:16Shabbethai and Jozabad, Levite leaders, who were in charge of the work outside God’s temple.
- 1 Chronicles 23:4Of these, 24,000 were appointed to supervise the work on the Lord’s temple, 6,000 were appointed to be officers and judges,
- 2 Chronicles 19:8In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat also appointed some Levites, priests, and family heads from Israel to administer the Lord’s laws and decide cases. They lived in Jerusalem.
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
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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
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