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1 Chronicles 9:16 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 9 · verse 16
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.1 Chronicles 9:16 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 9:16 in context
14And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BerechiahBerekyâhBerekjah, the name of six IsraelitesH1296 →
- ShemaiahShᵉmaʻyâhShemajah, the name of twenty-five IsraelitesH8098 →
- JeduthunYᵉdûwthûwnJeduthun, an IsraeliteH3038 →
- villageschâtsêra yardH2691 →
- ObadiahʻÔbadyâhObadjah, the name of thirteen IsraelitesH5662 →
- ElkanahʼElqânâhElkanah, the name of several IsraelitesH511 →
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We have here a further account of the good posture which the affairs of religion were put into immediately upon the return of the people out of Babylon. They had smarted for their former neglect of ordinances and under the late want of ordinances.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-34