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Revised Standard Version

1 Chronicles 9:13

besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred and sixty, very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Zeal, Religious;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Writing;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and their relatives, the heads of their ancestral families—1,760 in all. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.
Hebrew Names Version
and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers' houses, 1,760, mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.
New Century Version
There were one thousand seven hundred sixty priests. They were leaders of their families, and they were responsible for serving in the Temple of God.
New English Translation
Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God's temple.
Amplified Bible
and their relatives, heads of their fathers' households, 1,760—very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
New American Standard Bible
and their relatives, heads of their fathers' households, 1,760 competent men for the work of the service of the house of God.
World English Bible
and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethre the chiefe of the households of their fathers a thousand, seuen hundreth & three score valiant men, for the worke of the seruice of the house of God.
Legacy Standard Bible
and their relatives, heads of their fathers' households, 1,760 mighty men of valor for the work of the service of the house of God.
Berean Standard Bible
and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Contemporary English Version
There was a total of 1,760 priests, all of them family leaders in their clan and trained in the work at the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
and their kinsmen, leaders of their fathers' clans, 1,760 very competent men available for serving in the house of God.
Darby Translation
and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty; able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Easy-to-Read Version
There were 1760 priests. They were leaders of their families. They were responsible for the work of serving in God's Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand seven hundred and sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of the LORD.
Good News Translation
The priests who were heads of families totaled 1,760. They were experts in all the work carried on in the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
and their kinsmen, heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand seven hundred and sixty mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Literal Translation
and their brothers, heads to their fathers' house, seventeen hundred and sixty, very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And their brethren heades in the house of their fathers a thousande, seuen hundreth and thre score valeaunt men in executynge the offyce in the house of God.
American Standard Version
and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Bible in Basic English
And their brothers, heads of their families, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty: able men, doing the work of the house of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their brethren which were heads of the auncient housholdes of their fathers, a thousand seuen hundred and threescore, actiue men for the worke of the seruice of the house of God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
King James Version (1611)
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand, and seuen hundred and threescore, very able men for the worke of the seruice of the house of God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and their brethren, chiefs of their families, a thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty men for the work of the ministration of the house of God.
English Revised Version
and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
also her britheren, prynces bi her meynees, weren a thousynde seuene hundrid and fourescoore, men strongeste in bodili myyt, to make the werk of seruyce in the hows of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
New King James Version
and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses--one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
New Living Translation
In all, 1,760 priests returned. They were heads of clans and very able men. They were responsible for ministering at the house of God.
New Life Bible
And there were 1,760 of their brothers, who were heads of their fathers' houses. They were very able men for the work of the house of God.
New Revised Standard
besides their kindred, heads of their ancestral houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty, qualified for the work of the service of the house of God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and their brethren, chief men of their ancestral house, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty, - able men, for the business of the service of the house of God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their brethren heads in their families a thousand seven hundred and threescore, very strong and able men for the work of the ministry in the house of God.
Young's Literal Translation
And their brethren, heads to the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty, mighty in valour, [are] for the work of the service of the house of God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and their relatives, heads of their fathers' households, 1,760 very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

Contextual Overview

1 So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants. 3 And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, E'phraim, and Manas'seh dwelt in Jerusalem: 4 Uthai the son of Ammi'hud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah. 5 And of the Shi'lonites: Asai'ah the first-born, and his sons. 6 Of the sons of Zerah: Jeu'el and their kinsmen, six hundred and ninety. 7 Of the Benjaminites: Sallu the son of Meshul'lam, son of Hodavi'ah, son of Hassenu'ah, 8 Ibne'iah the son of Jero'ham, Elah the son of Uzzi, son of Michri, and Meshul'lam the son of Shephati'ah, son of Reu'el, son of Ibni'jah; 9 and their kinsmen according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these were heads of fathers' houses according to their fathers' houses. 10 Of the priests: Jedai'ah, Jehoi'arib, Jachin,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

very able men: Heb. mighty men of valour, 1 Chronicles 26:6, 1 Chronicles 26:30, 1 Chronicles 26:32, Nehemiah 11:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 10:29 - Ophir 2 Kings 11:4 - rulers 1 Chronicles 9:34 - chief fathers Nehemiah 11:12 - Adaiah

Cross-References

Ezekiel 1:28
Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Revelation 4:3
And he who sat there appeared like jasper and carnelian, and round the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald.
Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand and seven hundred and threescore. These, with other priests, made up this number, which was greater than those of Judah and Benjamin, that dwelt in Jerusalem, put together:

very able men for the work of the service of the house of God: men that had not only strength of body, which some part of the work of the priests required; but had courage and fortitude of mind to set about the service of God with cheerfulness, and to preserve it from corruption.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 9:13. And their brethren — What a prodigious number of ecclesiastics to perform the Divine service of one temple! no less than one thousand seven hundred and eighty able-bodied men! and this number is reckoned independently of the two hundred and twelve porters who served at the gates of the house of the Lord, 1 Chronicles 9:22.


 
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