Verse Lens · Context pointer

1 Chronicles 11:35 Explained in Context

Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.

Selected verse

Verse 35. Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions

Role in This Section

This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “The warrior list includes tribal and foreign names.”

Read It With

  • 1 Chronicles 11:26–47

Read 1 Chronicles 11:35 with 11:26–47. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: A long catalogue names warriors from Judah, Benjamin, Transjordan, Ammonite, Hittite, Moabite, and other associations, including Uriah.

Why It Needs Context

1 Chronicles 11:35 depends on 11:26–47; isolating “Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “The warrior list includes tribal and foreign names.”

Read 1 Chronicles 11:26–47 together

Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 11:26–47 forms the complete movement “The warrior list includes tribal and foreign names”: A long catalogue names warriors from Judah, Benjamin, Transjordan, Ammonite, Hittite, Moabite, and other associations, including Uriah.

Verse 26. Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

Verse 27. Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

Verse 28. Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,

Verse 29. Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

Verse 30. Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

Verse 31. Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Verse 32. Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

Verse 33. Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

Verse 34. The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

Verse 35. Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

Verse 36. Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

Verse 37. Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

Verse 38. Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,

Verse 39. Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Verse 40. Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

Verse 41. Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

Verse 42. Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

Verse 43. Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

Verse 44. Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,

Verse 45. Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

Verse 46. Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

Verse 47. Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

Continue in Context

The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.

Read 1 Chronicles 11:26–47 — The warrior list includes tribal and foreign names
Sources used for this context pointer

How certain is this explanation? strong

These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.

Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.

Exact location: 1 Chronicles 11:26–47, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

Open source ↗

hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 11:26–47

Open source ↗
Open the complete thought-unit research record
Open a verse without taking it out of context.

Try 1 Chronicles 29:14, First Chronicles 29:14, or 1 Chron 29:14.

Choose book, chapter, and verse