1 Chronicles 9:35

1 Chronicles 9:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah:
• New International Version (NIV)Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maakah,
• English Standard Version (ESV)In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.

Context of 1 Chronicles 9:35

33These were the musicians who were the heads of the Levite families. They lived in rooms in the temple and were free from other duties because they were on duty day and night. 34They were the heads of the Levite families according to their ancestry. These head Levites lived in Jerusalem. Jeiel, who first settled Gibeon, lived in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maacah. 36His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, 37Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

1 Chronicles 9:35 word by word

וּבְגִבְע֛וֹן יָשְׁב֥וּ אֲבִֽי־גִבְע֖וֹן יְעִיאֵ֑ל וְשֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מַעֲכָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in Gibeonגִּבְעוֹןgib‛ôn · GibeonH1391
• dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• the fatherאָב'âb · father ofH1
• of Gibeonאֲבִי גִבְעוֹן'ăbîy gib‛ôn · Abi-gibeonH25
• Jehielיְעִיאֵלye‛îy'êl · JeielH3273
• whose wife’sאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Maachahמַעֲכָהma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth · MaacahH4601

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 9:35

• 1 Chronicles 8:29Jeiel, who first settled Gibeon, lived in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maacah.
• 1 Chronicles 2:23Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair with Kenath and its villages (60 cities in all). All of these people were descendants of Machir, the man who first settled Gilead.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Whose wife's name was Maachah - Here our translators have departed from the original, for the word is אחתו achotho, his Sister; but the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldee, have Wife; to which may be added 1 Chronicles 8:29, the parallel place. Almost all the early editions, as well as the MS. editions, have the same reading. Of all the Polyglots the Complutensian alone has אשתו ishto, his Wife. His wife is the reading also of Vatablus's…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35-44Verses 35-44 An almost exact repetition of 1 Chronicles 8:29-38; and probably intentionally made by the author. In order to connect the genealogical section of his work with the historical, he re-introduces the genealogy of the person with whose death his historical section opens.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-44Saul's family's role in the kingdom is already set (1 Chronicles 8:29–40). Repeating this information helps move from the genealogies to the stories, starting with Saul's death (1 Chronicles 10).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 9:35

• Jeiel
• Maachah

In the dictionaries

• Gibeon
• Jehiel
• Jeiel
• Zacher
• Abiasaph
• Baal (2)
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Jeuel
• Kish

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9

• 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