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1 Chronicles 24:6 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 24 · verse 6
And 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 24:6 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 24:6 in context
4And 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.
7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NethaneelNᵉthanʼêlNethanel, the name of ten IsraelitesH5417 →
- ShemaiahShᵉmaʻyâhShemajah, the name of twenty-five IsraelitesH8098 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- scribeçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
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The particular account of these establishments is of little use to us now; but, when Ezra published it, it was of great use to direct their church affairs after their return from captivity into the old channel again. The title of this record we have v.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-19