1 Chronicles 24:4

1 Chronicles 24:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)A larger number of leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than among Ithamar’s, and they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of families from Eleazar’s descendants and eight heads of families from Ithamar’s descendants.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers' houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There were more leaders found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus they were divided. Among the sons of Eleazar were sixteen heads of their fathers’ houses, and eight heads of their fathers’ houses among the sons of Ithamar.

Context of 1 Chronicles 24:4

2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office. 3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. 5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:4 word by word

וַיִּמָּצְא֣וּ בְֽנֵי־אֶלְעָזָ֡ר רַבִּ֞ים לְרָאשֵׁ֧י הַגְּבָרִ֛ים מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אִיתָמָ֖ר וַֽיַּחְלְק֑וּם לִבְנֵ֨י אֶלְעָזָ֜ר רָאשִׁ֤ים לְבֵית־אָבוֹת֙ שִׁשָּׁ֣ה עָשָׂ֔ר וְלִבְנֵ֧י אִיתָמָ֛ר לְבֵ֥ית אֲבוֹתָ֖ם שְׁמוֹנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• And there were moreרַבrab · manyH7227
• chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• menגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• of Ithamarאִיתָמָר'îythâmâr · IthamarH385
• were they dividedחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
• sixteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• sixteenשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 24:4

• 1 Chronicles 15:6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
• Numbers 25:11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
• 1 Chronicles 23:24These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of Yhwh, from the age of twenty years and upward.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 24:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Zadok and Ahimelech led the two priestly families during King David's time (see 1 Chronicles 6:8; 18:16; 2 Samuel 8:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. there were more chief men found--The Hebrew may be translated, "There were more men as to heads of the sons of Eleazar." It is true, in point of fact, that by the census the number of individuals belonging to the family of Eleazar was found greater than in that of Ithamar. And this, of necessity, led to there being more fathers' houses, and consequently more chiefs or presidents in the former.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 24:4

• Eleazar (Eleazer)
• Ithamar
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Eleazar
• Chronicles, Books of
• Courses
• Outward
• Principal
• Sanhedrim
• Abiathar
• Abimelech
• Adonijah
• Ahimelech

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 24

• 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