1 Chronicles 26:5

1 Chronicles 26:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God blessed him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Ammiel (the sixth), Issachar (the seventh), and Peullethai (the eighth). God had richly blessed Obed-edom.

Context of 1 Chronicles 26:5

3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth and Eliehoenai the seventh. 4Obed-Edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sakar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullethai the eighth. (For God had blessed Obed-Edom.) 6Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders in their father’s family because they were very capable men. 7The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also able men.

1 Chronicles 26:5 word by word

עַמִּיאֵ֤ל הַשִּׁשִּׁי֙ יִשָׂשכָ֣ר הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י פְּעֻלְּתַ֖י הַשְּׁמִינִ֑י כִּ֥י בֵרֲכ֖וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ammielעַמִּיאֵל‛ammîy'êl · AmmielH5988
• the sixthשִׁשִּׁיshishshîy · sixthH8345
• Issacharיִשָּׂשכָרyiώώâώkâr · IssacharH3485
• the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• Peulthaiפְּעֻלְּתַיpe‛ûllethay · PeullethaiH6469
• the eighthשְׁמִינִיshemîynîy · eighthH8066
• for Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 26:5

• Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For God blessed him - "That is, Obed-edom; because of the ark of the Lord which was in his house; and to him was given the honor that he should see his children and grand-children, even fourscore and two, masters of the Levites." - T. In 1 Chronicles 26:8, we have only sixty-two mentioned.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5God greatly blessed Obed-edom, who temporarily kept the ark (1 Chronicles 13:13–14), by giving him many descendants (26:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. God blessed him--that is, Obed-edom. The occasion of the blessing was his faithful custody of the ark (2Sa 6:11, 12). The nature of the blessing (Psa 127:5) consisted in the great increase of progeny by which his house was distinguished; seventy-two descendants are reckoned.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 26:5

• Ammiel
• Obed-Edom
• Peulthai

In the dictionaries

• God
• Issachar
• Ammiel
• Chronicles, Books of
• ObedEdom
• Peulthai
• Shemaiah
• Adonijah
• David
• Ezekiel

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