1 Tawarikh 6:31-33

Professional Musicians

6:31 These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, ¹  after the ark was placed there. 6:32 They performed music ²  before the sanctuary ³  of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. ⁴  They carried out their tasks according to regulations.

6:33 These are the ones who served along with their sons:

From the Kohathites:

Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1 Tawarikh 6:57

6:57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities ⁵  of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

1 Tawarikh 6:61-63

6:61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh. ⁶ 

6:62 The clans of Gershom’s descendants received thirteen cities within the territory of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh (in Bashan). ⁷ 

6:63 The clans of Merari’s descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. ⁸ 

1 Tawarikh 6:70-71

6:70 Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath’s descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands. ⁹ 

6:71 The following belonged to Gershom’s descendants: ¹⁰ 

Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands.

1 Tawarikh 6:76

6:76 Within the territory of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

1 Tawarikh 6:78

6:78 Within the territory of the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan River east of Jericho: ¹¹  Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

1 Tawarikh 12:4

12:4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, one of the thirty warriors and their leader,

(12:5)

¹² Jeremiah,

Jahaziel,

Johanan,

Jozabad the Gederathite,

1 Tawarikh 12:14

12:14 These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. ¹³ 

1 Tawarikh 12:20

12:20 When David ¹⁴  went to Ziklag, the men of Manasseh who joined him were Adnach, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, leaders of a thousand soldiers each in the tribe of Manasseh.

1 Tawarikh 12:23-24

Support for David in Hebron

12:23 The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree: ¹⁵ 

12:24 From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears. ¹⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 12:29

12:29 From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, ¹⁷  there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. ¹⁸ 

1 Tawarikh 12:32-33

12:32 From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command – they understood the times and knew what Israel should do. ¹⁹ 

12:33 From Zebulun there were 50,000 warriors who were prepared for battle, equipped with all kinds of weapons, and ready to give their undivided loyalty. ²⁰ 

[6:31]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[6:32]  ² tn Heb “they were serving…with music.”

[6:32]  ³ tn Or traditionally “tabernacle.”

[6:32]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:57]  ⁵ tn The parallel account in Josh 21:13 has the singular “city,” which apparently refers only to Hebron.

[6:61]  ⁶ tn Heb “to the sons of Kohath who were left from the clan of the tribe, from the half of the tribe of the half of Manasseh by lot ten cities.”

[6:62]  ⁷ tn Heb “and to the sons of Gershom by their clans from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.”

[6:63]  ⁸ tn Heb “and to the sons of Merari by their clans from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun by lot, twelve cities.”

[6:70]  ⁹ tn Heb “and from the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands to the clan, to the sons of Kohath who were left.”

[6:71]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the sons of Gershom.”

[6:78]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and from across the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben.” The word “River” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:78]  map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[12:4]  ¹² sn In the Hebrew text (BHS) a verse division occurs at this point, and for the remainder of the chapter the verse numbers of the Hebrew Bible differ by one from the English Bible. Thus 1 Chr 12:4b ET = 12:5 HT, and 12:5-40 ET = 12:6-41 HT. Beginning with 13:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[12:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “one for a hundred the small, and the great for a thousand.” Another option is to translate the preposition -לְ (lamed) as “against” and to understand this as a hyperbolic reference to their prowess: “the least could stand against a hundred, the greatest against a thousand.”

[12:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “these are the numbers of the heads of the forces armed for battle [who] came to David in Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of the Lord.”

[12:24]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the sons of Judah, carrying shield and spear, [were] 6,800 armed for battle.”

[12:29]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”

[12:29]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”

[12:32]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “from the sons of Issachar, knowers of understanding for times to know what Israel should do, their heads [were] 200, and all their brothers according to their mouth.”

[12:33]  ²⁰ tn Heb “from Zebulun, those going out for battle, prepared for war with all weapons of war, 50,000, and to help without a heart and a heart.”