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1 Chronicles 9:34 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 9 · verse 34
These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 9:34 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 9:34 in context
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,
36And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- generationstôwlᵉdâhdescentH8435 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- chiefrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
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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