1 Chronicles 26:32

Contextual Overview

²⁹ From the clan of Izhar came Kenaniah. He and his sons were given administrative responsibilities over Israel as officials and judges. ²⁹ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. ²⁹ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. ²⁹ Kenaniah was from the Izhar family. He and his sons worked outside the Temple as officers and judges in different places in Israel. ²⁹ As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple as officers and judges over Israel. ²⁹ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were] for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. ²⁹ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. ²⁹Of the Izharites: Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to outside duties for Israel, as administrators and judges. ²⁹ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to external duties for Israel, as officers and judges. ²⁹ Sotheli Chonenye was souereyn and hise sones to Isaaritis, to the werkis with outforth on Israel, to teche and to deme hem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

men of valour: 1 Chronicles 26:6-9

chief fathers: 1 Chronicles 15:12, 1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 24:31

Reubenites: 1 Chronicles 12:37

and affairs: Heb. and thing, 2 Chronicles 19:11, There were more Levites employed as judges with the two tribes and half on the other side of Jordan, than with all the rest of the tribes; there were two thousand seven hundred, whereas on the west side of Jordan there were only one thousand seven hundred. Either those remote tribes were not so well furnished as the rest with judges of their own, or because they lay farthest from Jerusalem, on the borders of the neighbouring nations, and were thus much in danger of being infected with idolatry, they most needed the help of Levites to prevent their running into the abominations of the idolaters.

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:11 - Levi Numbers 1:50 - thou shalt Numbers 8:15 - go in Numbers 32:33 - half the 1 Chronicles 6:48 - brethren 1 Chronicles 9:13 - very able men 1 Chronicles 9:22 - David 1 Chronicles 28:21 - the courses 2 Chronicles 23:8 - the courses 2 Chronicles 31:2 - the courses 2 Chronicles 31:17 - by their courses 2 Chronicles 35:4 - after your courses Ezra 6:18 - the priests Ezra 8:1 - the chief Nehemiah 7:1 - the porters Nehemiah 12:24 - according Nehemiah 12:45 - the singers Nehemiah 13:30 - appointed Matthew 25:16 - went

Cross-References

Genesis 26:4
I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Genesis 26:4
And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and will give to your seed all these lands. And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,

Genesis 26:4
I will give you many descendants, as hard to count as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. Through your descendants all the nations on the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 26:4
I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

Genesis 26:4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to thy seed all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:

Genesis 26:4
I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

Genesis 26:4
"I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,

Genesis 26:4
And Y schal multiplie thi seed as the sterris of heuene, and Y schal yyue alle these thingis to thin eyris, and alle folkis of erthe schulen be blessid in thi seed, for Abraham obeide to my vois,

Genesis 26:4
and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;

Genesis 26:4
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers,.... That is, the brethren or kinsmen of Jerijah the Hebronite were so many principal men in their families, and men of fortitude and courage:

whom King David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh; all which lay on the other side Jordan; and being so remote from the seat of civil government, and of the worship of God, they were in greater danger of revolting, both from their obedience to their king, and duty to their God; land therefore so large a number was appointed over them, to instruct them and keep them in their duty to both, as follows:

for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king; to see that they kept close to the pure worship and service of God; and were faithful and loyal subjects of the king.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rulers - This term is somewhat too strong. The same kind of office was assigned to Jerijah and his brethren in the trans-Jordanic region as to Hashabiah and his brethren in western Palestine 1 Chronicles 26:30, namely, a superintendence over religious matters and over the interests of the king.