TheWay BibleHome›Bible›1 Chronicles›1 Chronicles 9›1 Chronicles 9:33
1 Chronicles 9:33 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 9 · verse 33
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.1 Chronicles 9:33 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 9:33 in context
31And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
32And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
33And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
34These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
35And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- chamberslishkâha room in a buildingH3957 →
- singersshîyrto singH7891 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- chiefrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
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