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1 Chronicles 27:21 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 27 · verse 21
Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:1 Chronicles 27:21 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 27:21 in context
19Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
20Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
21Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
22Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZechariahZᵉkaryâhZecarjah, the name of twenty-nine IsraelitesH2148 →
- ManassehMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- JaasielYaʻăsîyʼêlJaasiel, an IsraeliteH3300 →
- GileadGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
- AbnerʼAbnêrAbner, an IsraeliteH74 →
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We have here an account, I. Of the princes of the tribes. Something of the ancient order instituted by Moses in the wilderness was still kept up, that every tribe should have its prince or chief. It is probable that it was kept up all along, either by election or by succession, in the same family;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-34