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1 Chronicles 9:16 Explained in Context
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Verse 16. 16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Levites connect Jerusalem and surrounding villages.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 9:14–16
Read 1 Chronicles 9:16 with 9:14–16. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Merarite, Asaphite, and Jeduthun-linked Levites are named in Jerusalem and Netophathite villages.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 9:16 depends on 9:14–16; isolating “And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son…” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “Levites connect Jerusalem and surrounding villages.”
Read 1 Chronicles 9:14–16 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 9:14–16 forms the complete movement “Levites connect Jerusalem and surrounding villages”: Merarite, Asaphite, and Jeduthun-linked Levites are named in Jerusalem and Netophathite villages.
Verse 14. 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
Verse 15. 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
Verse 16. 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 9:14–16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
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