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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Chronicles 9:20

And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these were with him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Phinehas;   Porters;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Phinehas;   Priests and Levites;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Phinehas ;   Porter;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Korahites;   Phinehas;   Port;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eleazar (Lazar) B. Jose Ii.;   Phinehas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the Lord was with him.
Hebrew Names Version
Pinechas the son of El`azar was ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD was with him.
King James Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.
English Standard Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.
New Century Version
In the past Phinehas, Eleazar's son, was in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with Phinehas.
New English Translation
Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.
Amplified Bible
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in times past, and the LORD was with him.
New American Standard Bible
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was supervisor over them previously, and the LORD was with him.
World English Bible
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, [and] Yahweh was with him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Phinehas ye sonne of Eleazar was their guide, and the Lord was with him.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and Yahweh was with him.
Berean Standard Bible
In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
Contemporary English Version
Phinehas son of Eleazar had supervised their work because the Lord was with him.
Complete Jewish Bible
Pinchas the son of El‘azar had been ruler over them long before; Adonai had been with him.
Darby Translation
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.
Easy-to-Read Version
In the past, Phinehas was in charge of the gatekeepers. Phinehas was Eleazar's son. The Lord was with Phinehas.
George Lamsa Translation
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
Good News Translation
Phinehas son of Eleazar—may the Lord be with him!—had supervised them at one time.
Lexham English Bible
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the leader over them in time past; Yahweh was with him.
Literal Translation
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Phineas the sonne of Eleasar was the prynce ouer them, because the LORDE had bene with him before.
American Standard Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.
Bible in Basic English
In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Phinehes the sonne of Eliazar was their foreguide, and the Lord was with him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, the LORD being with him.
King James Version (1611)
And Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar was the ruler ouer them in time past, and the Lord was with him.
English Revised Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD was with him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Phynees, the sone of Eleazar, was the duyk of hem bifor the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was leader over them in time past, [and] Yahweh was with him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD [was] with him.
New King James Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the LORD was with him.
New Living Translation
Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers in earlier times, and the Lord had been with him.
New Life Bible
Phinehas the son of Eleazar had ruled over them before. And the Lord was with him.
New Revised Standard
And Phinehas son of Eleazar was chief over them in former times; the Lord was with him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Phinehas son of Eleazar, was, chief ruler, over them aforetime, Yahweh, being with him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Phinees the son of Eleazar, was their prince before the Lord,
Revised Standard Version
And Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar was the ruler over them in time past; the LORD was with him.
Young's Literal Translation
and Phinehas son of Eleazar hath been leader over them formerly; Jehovah [is] with him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and the LORD was with him.

Contextual Overview

14 And of the Levites; Samaia son of Asob, son of Ezricam, son of Asabia, of the sons of Merari. 15 And Bacbacar, and Ares, and Galaal, and Matthanias son of Micha, son of Zechri, son of Asaph; 16 and Abdia, son of Samia, son of Galaal, son of Idithun, and Barachia son of Ossa, son of Helcana—who dwelt in the villages of the Notephatites. 17 The door-keepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom was the chief; 18 and he waited hitherto in the king’s gate eastward: these are the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi. 19 And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites were over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance. 20 And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these were with him. 21 Zacharias the son of Mosollami was keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness. 22 All the chosen porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve, these were in their courts, this was their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge. 23 And these and their sons were over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Phinehas: Numbers 3:32, Numbers 4:16, Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 31:6

the Lord: Numbers 25:11-13, 1 Samuel 16:18, Acts 7:9, Acts 7:10

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:4 - Phinehas 1 Chronicles 6:50 - Phinehas 1 Chronicles 11:9 - for 1 Chronicles 12:27 - the leader 2 Chronicles 35:8 - rulers

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
And God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live forever—
Genesis 4:2
And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 5:29
And he called his name Noe, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.
Genesis 9:18
Now the sons of Noe which came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, Japheth. And Cham was father of Chanaan.
Genesis 9:19
These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
Genesis 9:24
And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
Genesis 9:26
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.
Deuteronomy 20:6
And what man is he that has planted a vineyard, and not been made merry with it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man be made merry with it.
Deuteronomy 28:30
thou shalt take a wife, and another man shall have her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell in it; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes of it.
Proverbs 10:11
There is a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; but destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past,.... Over the host, over the Levites, and the chief of them; which is to be understood of Phinehas the son of Eleazar, in the time of Moses, who succeeded his father in that post, see Numbers 3:32 though some think, as Kimchi observes, that this was not Phinehas the priest, but a certain Levite of this name in this post; but since he is said to be in time past, it may very well be understood of him: and it also is observed,

and the Lord was with him; inspiring him with zeal for his honour and glory, assisting and strengthening him to do his will and work, as particularly in the affair of Zimri, Numbers 25:7, the Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord was for his help;''

this may be said for the encouragement of him that was in the same office now.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 9:20. And Phinehas — The Targum says, "And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was ruler over them from ancient times, from the day in which the tabernacle was set up in the wilderness; and the WORD of the Lord was his assistant."


 
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