1 Chronicles 25:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

1 Chronicles 25:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 26:13
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Acts 1:26
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
1 Chronicles 15:22
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
1 Chronicles 24:31
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-31)

Twenty-four persons are named in the beginning of this chapter as sons of those three great men, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. Ethan was the third (1 Chron. 6:44), but probably he was dead before the establishment was perfected and Jeduthun came in his room. [Or perhaps Ethan and Jeduthun were two names for the same person.] Of these three Providence so ordered it that Asaph had four sons, Jeduthun…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. they cast lots, ward against ward--“Ward” is an old English word for “division” or “company.” The lot was cast to determine the precedence of the classes or divisions over which the musical leaders presided; and, in order to secure an impartial arrangement of their order, the master and his assistants, the teacher and his scholars, in each class or company took part in this solemn casting of lo…