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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 9:20

Phinehas son of Eleazar had supervised their work because the Lord was with him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Phinehas;   Porters;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Phinehas;   Priests and Levites;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Phinehas ;   Porter;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Korahites;   Phinehas;   Port;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eleazar (Lazar) B. Jose Ii.;   Phinehas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the Lord was with him.
Hebrew Names Version
Pinechas the son of El`azar was ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD was with him.
King James Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.
English Standard Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.
New Century Version
In the past Phinehas, Eleazar's son, was in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with Phinehas.
New English Translation
Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.
Amplified Bible
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in times past, and the LORD was with him.
New American Standard Bible
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was supervisor over them previously, and the LORD was with him.
World English Bible
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, [and] Yahweh was with him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Phinehas ye sonne of Eleazar was their guide, and the Lord was with him.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and Yahweh was with him.
Berean Standard Bible
In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
Complete Jewish Bible
Pinchas the son of El‘azar had been ruler over them long before; Adonai had been with him.
Darby Translation
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.
Easy-to-Read Version
In the past, Phinehas was in charge of the gatekeepers. Phinehas was Eleazar's son. The Lord was with Phinehas.
George Lamsa Translation
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
Good News Translation
Phinehas son of Eleazar—may the Lord be with him!—had supervised them at one time.
Lexham English Bible
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the leader over them in time past; Yahweh was with him.
Literal Translation
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Phineas the sonne of Eleasar was the prynce ouer them, because the LORDE had bene with him before.
American Standard Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.
Bible in Basic English
In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Phinehes the sonne of Eliazar was their foreguide, and the Lord was with him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, the LORD being with him.
King James Version (1611)
And Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar was the ruler ouer them in time past, and the Lord was with him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these were with him.
English Revised Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD was with him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Phynees, the sone of Eleazar, was the duyk of hem bifor the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was leader over them in time past, [and] Yahweh was with him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD [was] with him.
New King James Version
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the LORD was with him.
New Living Translation
Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers in earlier times, and the Lord had been with him.
New Life Bible
Phinehas the son of Eleazar had ruled over them before. And the Lord was with him.
New Revised Standard
And Phinehas son of Eleazar was chief over them in former times; the Lord was with him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Phinehas son of Eleazar, was, chief ruler, over them aforetime, Yahweh, being with him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Phinees the son of Eleazar, was their prince before the Lord,
Revised Standard Version
And Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar was the ruler over them in time past; the LORD was with him.
Young's Literal Translation
and Phinehas son of Eleazar hath been leader over them formerly; Jehovah [is] with him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and the LORD was with him.

Contextual Overview

14Here is a list of Levites who settled in Jerusalem: Shemaiah from the Merari clan, whose ancestors included Hasshub, Azrikam, and Hashabiah; Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mica, whose ancestors included Zichri and Asaph; Obadiah son of Shemaiah, whose ancestors included Galal and Jeduthun; Berechiah son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah, who had lived in the villages near the town of Netophah. 17 Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives were the guards at the temple gates. Shallum was the leader of this clan, 18 and for a long time they had been the guards at the King's Gate on the east side of the city. Before that, their ancestors guarded the entrance to the Levite camp. 19 Shallum son of Kore, as well as the other men in the Korahite clan, guarded the entrance to the temple, just as their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the sacred tent. 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had supervised their work because the Lord was with him. 21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was also one of the guards at the temple. 22 There was a total of two hundred twelve guards, all of them listed in the family records in their towns. Their ancestors had been chosen by King David and by Samuel the prophet to be responsible for this work, 23 and now they guarded the temple gates. 24 There was one full-time guard appointed to each of the four sides of the temple. 25 Their assistants lived in the villages outside the city, and every seven days a group of them would come into the city and take their turn at guard duty.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Phinehas: Numbers 3:32, Numbers 4:16, Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 31:6

the Lord: Numbers 25:11-13, 1 Samuel 16:18, Acts 7:9, Acts 7:10

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:4 - Phinehas 1 Chronicles 6:50 - Phinehas 1 Chronicles 11:9 - for 1 Chronicles 12:27 - the leader 2 Chronicles 35:8 - rulers

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden, where they would have to work the ground from which the man had been made.
Genesis 4:2
Later she had another son and named him Abel. Abel became a sheep farmer, but Cain farmed the land.
Genesis 5:29
Lamech said, "I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the Lord has put under a curse."
Genesis 9:18
Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, came out of the boat. Ham later had a son named Canaan.
Genesis 9:19
All people on earth are descendants of Noah's three sons.
Genesis 9:24
When Noah woke up and learned what his youngest son had done,
Genesis 9:26
I ask the Lord my God to bless Shem and make Canaan his slave.
Deuteronomy 20:6
If any of you have planted a vineyard but haven't had your first grape harvest, you may go home. It isn't right for you to die in battle and for somebody else to enjoy your grapes.
Deuteronomy 28:30
A man will be engaged to a woman, but before they can get married, she will be raped by enemy soldiers. Some of you will build houses, but never get to live in them. If you plant a vineyard, you won't be around long enough to enjoy the first harvest.
Proverbs 10:11
The words of good people are a source of life, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past,.... Over the host, over the Levites, and the chief of them; which is to be understood of Phinehas the son of Eleazar, in the time of Moses, who succeeded his father in that post, see Numbers 3:32 though some think, as Kimchi observes, that this was not Phinehas the priest, but a certain Levite of this name in this post; but since he is said to be in time past, it may very well be understood of him: and it also is observed,

and the Lord was with him; inspiring him with zeal for his honour and glory, assisting and strengthening him to do his will and work, as particularly in the affair of Zimri, Numbers 25:7, the Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord was for his help;''

this may be said for the encouragement of him that was in the same office now.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 9:20. And Phinehas — The Targum says, "And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was ruler over them from ancient times, from the day in which the tabernacle was set up in the wilderness; and the WORD of the Lord was his assistant."


 
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