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1 Chronicles 9:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
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Role in This Section
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech: “And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Priestly households are named for temple work.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 9:10–13
Read 1 Chronicles 9:10 with 9:10–13. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Priestly lines and 1,760 able household heads are associated with service in God's house.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 9:10 depends on 9:10–13; isolating “And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “Priestly households are named for temple work.”
Read 1 Chronicles 9:10–13 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 9:10–13 forms the complete movement “Priestly households are named for temple work”: Priestly lines and 1,760 able household heads are associated with service in God's house.
Verse 10. 10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
Verse 11. 11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
Verse 12. 12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
Verse 13. 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Chronicles 9:10–13 — Priestly households are named for temple workSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 9:10–13, 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 9:10–13
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