13And 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.
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And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)1 Chron. 9:1 looks back upon the foregoing genealogies, and tells us they were gathered out of the books of the kings of Israel and Judah , not that which we have in the canon of scripture, but another civil record, which was authentic, as the king’s books with us. Mentioning Israel and Judah, the historian takes notice of their being carried away to Babylon for their transgression . Let that judg…
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