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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 11:38-47 (NET)
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TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
[isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
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AMASAI
[isbe] AMASAI - a-ma'-si (`amasay, perhaps rather to be read `ammishay; so Wellhausen, IJG, II, 24, n.2): (1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Ch 6:25; 2 Ch 29:12). (2) ...
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Giants
[ebd] (1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning "violent" or "causing to fall" (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying "wonder," and hence "monste...
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Armies
[nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
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David
[nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
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Captain
[nave] CAPTAIN Commander-in-chief of an army, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:50; 1 Kin. 2:35; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes, Num. 2. Of thousands, Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds, 2 Kin. 11:15. See: Ce...
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Eliel
[isbe] ELIEL - e-li'-el, el'-i-el ('eli'el, "El is God," or "my God is God"): (1, 2, 3) Mighty men of David (1 Ch 11:46,47; 12:11). (4) A chief of Manasseh, east of the Jordan (1 Ch 5:24). (5, 6) Two chiefs of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:20,2...
[smith] (to whom God is strength). One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1Â Chronicles 5:24) A forefather of Samuel the prophet. (1Â Chronicles 6:34) A chief man in the tribe of Benjamin. (1Â Chroni...
[nave] ELIEL 1. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24. 2. Son of Toah, 1 Chr. 6:34. 3. Two Benjamite chiefs, 1 Chr. 8:20, 22. 4. Three of David's heroes, bearing the same name, 1 Chr. 11:46, 47; 12:11. 5. Chief of Levites, 1 Chr. 15...
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Shimri
[ebd] watchman. (1.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (2.) The father of one of the "valiant men" of David's armies (1 Chr. 11:45). (3.) Assisted at the purification of the temple in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:13).
[isbe] SHIMRI - shim'-ri (shimri; various forms in the Septuagint): There are four Hebrews mentioned in the Bible who bear this name: (1) A Simeonite, a son of Shemaiah and father of Jedaiah, a chief of his tribe (1 Ch 4:37). (2) T...
[smith] (vigilant). A Simeonite son of Shemaiah. (1Â Chronicles 4:37) (B.C. after 1450.) The father of Jediael, one of David?s guard. (1Â Chronicles 11:45) (B.C. before 1043.) A Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2Â C...
[nave] SHIMRI 1. Head of a family in Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:37, 38. 2. Father of one of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:45. 3. A Merarite, 1 Chr. 26:10. Also called Simri. 4. A Levite in the time of Hezekiah, 2 Chr. 29:13.
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Adina
[ebd] slender, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:42), a Reubenite.
[isbe] ADINA - ad'-i-na, a-di'-na (`adhina', "adorned"). "Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him" (1 Ch 11:42). This is in that part of the list of David's mighty men in which the Chron...
[smith] (slender), one of David?s captains beyond the Jordan, and a chief of the Reubenites. (1Â Chronicles 11:42)
[nave] ADINA, one of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:42.
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Mibhar
[ebd] choice, a Hagarene, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:38); called also Bani the Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36).
[isbe] MIBHAR - mib'-har (mibhchar, "choice"(?)): According to 1 Ch 11:38, the name of one of David's heroes. No such name, however, occurs in the parallel passage (2 Sam 23:36). A comparison of the two records makes it probable th...
[smith] (choicest), one of David?s heroes in the list given in (1Â Chronicles 11:38)
[nave] MIBHAR, one of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 11:38.
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Zabad
[ebd] gift. (1.) One of David's valiant men (1 Chr. 11:41), the descendant of Ahlai, of the "children of Sheshan" (2:31). (2.) A descendant of Tahath (7:21). (3.) The son of Shemath. He conspired against Joash, king of Judah, and ...
[isbe] ZABAD - za'-bad (zabhadh, perhaps a contraction for (1) zebhadhyah, "Yahweh has given," i.e. Zebadiah; or (2) zabhdi'el, "El (God) is my gift" (HPN, 222 f); Zabed(t), with many variants): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Ch 2:36,37), s...
[smith] (gift). Son of Nathan son of Attai, son of Ahlai Sheshan?s daughter, (1Â Chronicles 2:31-37) and hence called son of Ahlai. (1Â Chronicles 11:41) (B.C. 1046.) He was one of David?s mighty men but none of his deeds have b...
[nave] ZABAD 1. Son of Nathan, 1 Chr. 2:36, 37. 2. An Ephraimite, 1 Chr. 7:21. 3. One of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 11:41. 4. An assassin of King Joash, 2 Chr. 24:26; 25:3, 4. Called Jozachar in 2 Kin. 12:21. 5. Three Israeli...
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Jediael
[ebd] known by God. (1.) One of the sons of Benjamin, whose descendants numbered 17,200 warriors (1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11). (2.) A Shimrite, one of David's bodyguard (1 Chr. 11:45). Probably same as in 12:20. (3.) A Korhite of the fami...
[isbe] JEDIAEL - je-di'-a-el (yedhi`a'-el, "God makes known" (?)): (1) A "son" of Benjamin or probably of Zebulun (1 Ch 7:6,10,11). See Curtis, Chronicles, 145-49, who suggests emending the name to yachle'el, Jahleel, in agreement ...
[smith] (known of God). A chief patriarch of the tribe of Benjamin. (1Â Chronicles 7:6,11) It is usually assumed that Jediael is the same as Ashbel, (Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; 1Â Chronicles 8:1) but this is not certain. Seco...
[nave] JEDIAEL 1. Son of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11. 2. Son of Shimri, 1 Chr. 11:45. 3. A Manassite chief, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:20. 4. Son of Meshelemiah, 1 Chr. 26:2.
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Hanan
[ebd] merciful. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:23). (2.) One of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:43). (3.) Jer. 35:4. (4.) A descendant of Saul (1 Chr. 8:38). (5.) One of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:46). (6.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra (N...
[isbe] HANAN - ha'-nan (chanan, "gracious"): (1) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:23). (2) The youngest son of Azel, a descendant of Saul (1 Ch 8:38; 9:44). (3) One of David's mighty men of valor (1 Ch 11:43). (4) The head ...
[smith] (merciful). One of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin. (1Â Chronicles 8:23) The last of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. (1Â Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C. 588.) "Son of Maachah," i.e. possibly a Syrian o...
[nave] HANAN 1. Son of Shashak, 1 Chr. 8:23. 2. Son of Azel, 1 Chr. 8:38; 9:44. 3. One of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:43. 4. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:46; Neh. 7:49. 5. A Levite, Neh. 8:7; 10:10. Probably identical with th...
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Joshaphat
[isbe] JOSHAPHAT - josh'-a-fat (yoshaphaT, "Yahweh has judged"; compare JEHOSHAPHAT): (1) One of David's mighty men (1 Ch 11:43), a "Mithnite," but not included in the list of 2 Sam 23. (2) A priest and trumpeter of David's time (1...
[smith] (whom Jehovah judges), the Mithnite, one of David?s guard. (1Â Chronicles 11:43)
[nave] JOSHAPHAT, one of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 11:43.
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Elnaam
[isbe] ELNAAM - el-na'-am ('elna`am, "God is delightfulness"; compare Phoenician "Gadnaam"): According to Massoretic Text the father of two of David's warriors (1 Ch 11:46); according to Septuagint himself one of the warriors.
[smith] (God his delight), the father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, two of David?s guard, according to (1Â Chronicles 11:46)
[nave] ELNAAM, father of two distinguished warriors, 1 Chr. 11:46.
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Ira
[isbe] IRA - i'-ra (`ira'; Eiras): (1) A person referred to in 2 Sam 20:26 as "priest" (so the Revised Version (British and American) correctly; the King James Version "a chief ruler," the American Standard Revised Version "chief m...
[smith] (watchful of a city). "The Jairite," named in the catalogue of David?s great officers. (2Â Samuel 20:26) One of the heroes of David?s guard. (2Â Samuel 23:38; 1Â Chronicles 11:40) Another of David?s guard, a Tekoite, s...
[nave] IRA 1. A priest, 2 Sam. 20:26. 2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:38; 1 Chr. 11:40. 3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:26; 1 Chr. 11:28; 27:9.
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Joshaviah
[isbe] JOSHAVIAH - josh-a-vi'-a (yoshawyah, allied form to JOSHAH (which see)): Son of Elnaam, one of the band of braves who served David (1 Ch 11:46), omitted from the list of 2 Sam 23, which is less complete and differs in detail...
[smith] (whom Jehovah makes dwell), the son of Elnaam, and one of David?s guard. (1Â Chronicles 11:46) (B.C. 1046.)
[nave] JOSHAVIAH, one of David's bodyguard, 1 Chr. 11:46.
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Ithmah
[isbe] ITHMAH - ith'-ma (yithmah, "purity"): A citizen of the country of the Moabites, David's deadly enemies, yet mentioned as one of the king's heroes (1 Ch 11:46).
[smith] (bereavedness), a Moabite, one of the heroes of David?s guard. (1Â Chronicles 11:46)
[nave] ITHMAH, a Moabite, 1 Chr. 11:46.
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Joha
[isbe] JOHA - jo'-ha (yocha, meaning unknown, but perhaps = yo'ach "Joah"; see HPN, 283, note 4): (1) A Benjamite (1 Ch 8:16). (2) One of David's mighty men (1 Ch 11:45).
[smith] (Jehovah gives life). One of the sons of Beriah the Benjamite. (1Â Chronicles 8:16) (B.C. 588 or 536.) The Tizite, one of David?s guard. (1Â Chronicles 11:45) (B.C. 1046.)
[nave] JOHA 1. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:16. 2. One of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 11:45.
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Jasiel
[isbe] JASIEL - ja'-si-el, jas'-i-el (ya`asi'el, "God is maker," 1 Ch 11:47 the King James Version). See JAASIEL.
[smith] (whom God made), the last named on the list of David?s heroes in (1Â Chronicles 11:47)
[nave] JASIEL, one of David's warriors, 1 Chr. 11:47.
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