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9:28 Some of them <01992> were in charge <05921> of the articles <03627> used by those who served <05656>; they counted <04557> <04557> them when they brought <0935> them in and when they brought <03318> them out <03318>. 9:29 Some of them <01992> were in charge <04487> of the equipment <03627> and articles <03627> of the sanctuary <06944>, as well as the flour <05560>, wine <03196>, olive oil <08081>, incense <03828>, and spices <01314>. 9:30 (But some <04480> of the priests <03548> mixed <04842> <07543> the spices <01314>.) 9:31 Mattithiah <04993>, a Levite <03881>, the firstborn son <01060> of Shallum <07967> the Korahite <07145>, was in charge <0530> of baking <04639> the bread <02281> for offerings. 9:32 Some <04480> of the Kohathites <06956> <01121>, their relatives <0251>, were in charge of preparing <03559> the bread <03899> that is displayed <04635> each Sabbath <07676> <07676>. 9:33 The <0428> musicians <07891> and Levite <03881> family <01> leaders <07218> stayed in rooms <03957> at the sanctuary and were exempt <06358> from other duties, for <03588> day <03119> and night <03915> they had to carry out their assigned tasks <04399>. 9:34 These <0428> were the family <01> leaders <07218> of the Levites <03881>, as listed in their genealogical records <08435>. They <0428> lived <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>. 9:35 Jeiel <03273> (the father <01> of Gibeon <01391>) lived <03427> in Gibeon <01391>. His wife <0802> was Maacah <04601>. 9:36 His firstborn <01060> son <01121> was Abdon <05658>, followed by Zur <06698>, Kish <07027>, Baal <01168>, Ner <05369>, Nadab <05070>, 9:37 Gedor <01446>, Ahio <0283>, Zechariah <02148>, and Mikloth <04732>. 9:38 Mikloth <04732> was the father <03205> of Shimeam <08043>. They <01992> also <0637> lived <03427> near <05048> their relatives <0251> in Jerusalem <03389>. 9:39 Ner <05369> was the father <03205> of Kish <07027>, and Kish <07027> was the father <03205> of Saul <07586>. Saul <07586> was the father <03205> of Jonathan <03083>, Malki-Shua <04444>, Abinadab <041>, and Eshbaal <0792>. 9:40 The son <01121> of Jonathan <03083>: Meribbaal <04807>, who was the father <03205> of Micah <04318>. 9:41 The sons <01121> of Micah <04318>: Pithon <06377>, Melech <04429>, Tahrea <08475>, and Ahaz. 9:42 Ahaz <0271> was the father <03205> of Jarah <03294>, and Jarah <03294> was the father <03205> of Alemeth <05964>, Azmaveth <05820>, and Zimri <02174>. Zimri <02174> was the father <03205> of Moza <04162>, 9:43 and Moza <04162> was the father <03205> of Binea <01150>. His son was Rephaiah <07509>, whose son <01121> was Eleasah <0501>, whose son <01121> <01121> was Azel <0682>. 9:44 Azel <0682> had six <08337> sons <01121>: Azrikam <05840> his firstborn <01074>, followed by Ishmael <03458>, Sheariah <08187>, Obadiah <05662>, and Hanan <02605>. These <0428> were the sons <01121> of Azel <0682>.

• 1Ch 9:35-44 -- Jeiel's Descendants

• Jacob

  [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
  

• GENEALOGY, 1-7

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 1-7 - je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Principles of Interpretation 6. Principles of Compilation 7. Sources 8. Principa...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH

  [isbe] KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH - ko'-ra-its (qorchi), (beno qorach; in the King James Version appears also as Korhite, Kohathite, Kore): This phrase is used to denote Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph, Korah's 3 individual sons (Ex 6...
  

• ABIASAPH

  [isbe] ABIASAPH - a-bi'-a-saf, ab-i-a'-saf ('abhi-'acaph, "my father has gathered"): A descendant of Kohath the son of Levi (Ex 6:24; 1 Ch 6:23,37 (8,22); 9:19). In Chronicles the name is 'ebh-yacaph, which seems to be a mere varia...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• 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...
  

• Moza

  [ebd] a going forth. (1.) One of the sons of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:46). (2.) The son of Zimri, of the posterity of Saul (1 Chr. 8:36, 37; 9:42, 43).
  [isbe] MOZA - mo'-za (motsah): (1) Son of Caleb and Ephah (1 Ch 2:46). (2) A descendant of Saul (1 Ch 8:36,37; 9:42,43).
  [smith] (fountain). Son of Caleb the son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:46) Son of Zimri and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:36,37; 9:42,43)
  [nave] MOZA 1. A son of Caleb, 1 Chr. 2:46. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:36, 37; 9:42, 43.
  

• Mikloth

  [ebd] staves. (1.) An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:4). (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38).
  [isbe] MIKLOTH - mik'-loth, mik'-loth (miqloth): (1) A Benjamite, son of Jeiel (1 Ch 8:32; 9:37,38). A comparison of the two passages shows that the name Mikloth has been dropped at the end of 1 Ch 8:31. (2) An officer designated "...
  [smith] (staves). One of the sons of Jehiel, the father or prince of Gibeon, by his wife Maachah. (1 Chronicles 8:32; 9:37,38) The leader of the second division of David?s army. (1 Chronicles 27:4)
  [nave] MIKLOTH 1. A Benjamite of Jerusalem, 1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38. 2. A ruler in the reign of David, 1 Chr. 27:4.
  

• Azel

  [ebd] noble, a descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43, 44).
  [smith] (noble), a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37,38; 9:43,44)
  [nave] AZEL, a Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:37, 38; 9:43, 44.
  

• Gatekeepers

  [nave] GATEKEEPERS Guards at the city gates, the doors of the king's palace, and doors of the temple, 1 Chr. 9:17-32; 2 Chr. 34:13; 35:15. Lodged round about the temple in order to be present for opening the doors, 1 Chr. 9:27. O...
  

• Ahio

  [ebd] brotherly. (1.) One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:14). (2.) One of the sons of Jehiel the Gibeonite (1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37). (3.) One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. While Uzzah went by the side of the ark, he walked befor...
  [isbe] AHIO - a-hi'-o ('achyo, variously explained as "his brother," "brotherly," "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yah"): Proper names containing a similar form of the name of Yahweh are found on the ostraca recently exhumed at ...
  [smith] (brotherly). Son of Abinadab, who accompanied the ark when it was brought out of his father?s house. (2 Samuel 6:3,4; 1 Chronicles 13:7) (B.C.1043.) A Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:14) A Benj...
  [nave] AHIO 1. A Levite, who drove the cart bearing the ark, 2 Sam. 6:3, 4; 1 Chr. 13:7. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:14. 3. Son of Jehiel, 1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37.
  

• Abdon

  [ebd] servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam. 12:11. (2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) The son o...
  [smith] (servile). A judge of Israel, (Judges 12:13,15) perhaps the same person as Bedan, in (1 Samuel 12:11) (B.C. 1233-1225). Son of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23) First-born son of Jehiel, son of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30...
  [nave] ABDON 1. A judge of Israel, in the time of the judges, Judg. 12:13-15. 2. A Levitical city, Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74. 3. A Benjamite chief, 1 Chr. 8:23. 4. Son of Gibeon, 1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36. 5. Son of Micah, 2 Chr. 34:20....
  

• Micah

  [smith] (who is like God?), the same name as Micaiah. [MICAIAH] An Israelite whose familiar story is preserved in the 17th and 18th chapters of Judges. Micah is evidently a devout believers in Jehovah, and yet so completely ignorant...
  [nave] MICAH 1. An Ephraimite. His robbery and idolatry, Judg. 17:18. 2. Head of a family of Reuben, 1 Chr. 5:5. 3. Called also Micha. Son of Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. 9:12; 1 Chr. 8:34, 35; 9:40, 41. 4. Called also Michah. A Kohathi...
  

• Ahaz

  [ebd] possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and idolatry. Notwithstanding the ...
  [smith] (possessor), eleventh king of Judah, son of Jotham, reigned 741-726, about sixteen years. At the time of his accession, Rezin king of Damascus and Pekah king of Israel had recently formed a league against Judah, and they proc...
  [nave] AHAZ 1. King of Judah, son and successor of Jotham, 2 Kin. 15:38; 16:1; 2 Chr. 27:9; 28:1. Idolatrous abominations of, 2 Kin. 16:3, 4; 2 Chr. 28:2-4, 22-25. Kingdom of, invaded by the kings of Syria and Samaria, 2 Kin. 16:...
  

• Zur

  [isbe] ZUR - zur (tsur "rock"): (1) A prince or chief (Nu 25:15; 31:8) of Midian, father of the woman slain with Zimri by Phinehas. Josh 13:21 describes him as one of the princes of Sihon, but the reference there is regarded as a g...
  [smith] (a rock). Father of Cozbi, (Numbers 25:15) and one of the five princes of Midian who were slain by the Israelites when Balaam fell. (Numbers 31:8) (B.C. 1451.) Son of Jehiel, the founder of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:3...
  [nave] ZUR 1. A prince of Midian, Num. 25:15, 18; 31:8; Josh. 13:21. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36.
  

• Alemeth

  [isbe] ALEMETH - al'-e-meth (`alemeth, "concealment"): (1) the Revised Version (British and American) for Alameth of the King James Version in 1 Ch 7:8. (2) Descendant of Saul and Jonathan, and son of Jehoaddah, 1 Ch 8:36, or of Ja...
  [smith] (covering), a Benjamite, son of Jehoadah or Jarah, (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42) and descended from Jonathan the son of Saul. (B.C after 1077.)
  [nave] ALEMETH 1. A Levitical city, 1 Chr. 6:60. See: Almon. 2. Son of Jehoadah, 1 Chr. 8:36; or of Jarah, 1 Chr. 9:42.
  

• Tahrea

  [isbe] TAHREA - ta'-re-a, ta-re'-a (tachrea`): Son of Micah, a descendant of Gibeon (1 Ch 9:41; in 8:35 "Tarea").
  [smith] (cunning), son of Micah and grandson of Mephibosheth. (1 Chronicles 9:41) (B.C. after 1057.)
  [nave] TAHREA Son of Micah, 1 Chr. 9:41. Called Tarea, 1 Chr. 8:35.
  

• Obadiah

  [isbe] OBADIAH - o-ba-di'-a (`obhadhyah, more fully `obhadhyahu, "servant of Yahweh"): (1) The steward or prime minister of Ahab, who did his best to protect the prophets of Yahweh against Jezebel's persecution. He met Elijah on hi...
  [smith] (servant of the Lord), A man whose sons are enumerated in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:21) (B.C. 470.) A descendant of Issachar and a chief man of his tribe. (1 Chronicles 7:3) (B.C. 1014.) One ...
  [nave] OBADIAH 1. The governor of Ahab's house. Conceals in a cave one hundred prophets persecuted by Jezebel, 1 Kin. 18:3, 4. Meets Elijah and receives a commission from him, 1 Kin. 18:3-16. 2. Head of a family, 1 Chr. 3:21. 3....
  

• Rephaiah

  [isbe] REPHAIAH - re-fa'-ya, re-fi'-a (rephayah, probably "Yah is healing"; Septuagint Rhaphaia(s)) : (1) In David's family, Septuagint also Rhaphal (1 Ch 3:21). (2) A captain of Simeon (1 Ch 4:42). (3) A grandson of Issachar, Sept...
  [smith] (healed of Jehovah). The sons of Rephaiah appear among the descendants of Zerubbabel in (1 Chronicles 3:21) A Simeonite chieftain in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:42) (B.C. 727.) Son of Tola the son of Issacha...
  [nave] REPHAIAH 1. A descendant of David, 1 Chr. 3:21. 2. A Simeonite captain, 1 Chr. 4:42. 3. Son of Tola, of the tribe of Issachar, 1 Chr. 7:2. 4. A descendant of Jonathan, 1 Chr. 9:43. Called Rapha, 1 Chr. 8:37. 5. Governor...
  

• Samuel, Kings, Chronicles: Genealogies

  

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