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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

• Zacher

  [ebd] memorial, a son of Jehiel (1 Chr. 8:31; 9:35); called Zechariah (9:37).
  [nave] ZACHER A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:31. Called Zechariah in 1 Chr. 9:37.
  

• 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...
  

• Ner

  [ebd] light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be read, "Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel." And hence this Kish and Ner were brothers, and Saul and Abner were first...
  [nave] NER, father of Abner, 1 Sam. 14:50; of Kish, 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39.
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• Mephibosheth

  [ebd] exterminator of shame; i.e., of idols. (1.) The name of Saul's son by the concubine Rizpah (q.v.), the daughter of Aiah. He and his brother Armoni were with five others "hanged on a hill before the Lord" by the Gibeonites, a...
  [nave] MEPHIBOSHETH 1. Son of Saul by Rizpah, whom David surrendered to the Gibeonites to be slain, 2 Sam. 21:8, 9. 2. Son of Jonathan, 2 Sam. 4:4. Called Merib-baal, 1 Chr. 8:34; 9:40. Was lame, 2 Sam. 4:4. David entertains hi...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• JEHIEL

  [ebd] God's living one. (1.) The father of Gibeon (1 Chr. 9:35). (2.) One of David's guard (1 Chr. 11:44). (3.) One of the Levites "of the second degree," appointed to conduct the music on the occasion of the ark's being removed t...
  [smith] (treasured of God), a perfectly distinct name from the last. A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. (1 Chronicles 9:35) One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a member of David?s guard. (1 Ch...
  

• 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; ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Elasah

  [ebd] God made. (1.) One of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron (1 Chr. 2:39, "Eleasah"). (2.) A descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43). (3.) The son of Shaphan, one of the two who were sent by Zedekiah to Nebuc...
  

• ESHBAAL

  [ebd] man of Baal, the fourth son of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He is also called Ish-bosheth (q.v.), 2 Sam. 2:8.
  [smith] (Baal?s man), (1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39) the same as Ish-bosheth.
  

• 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.
  

• 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:...
  

• Abiel

  [ebd] father (i.e., "possessor") of God = "pious." (1.) The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1 Sam. 14:51; 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). In 1 Sam. 9:1, he is called the "father," probably meaning the grandfat...
  

• 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...
  

• Samuel, Kings, Chronicles: Genealogies

  

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