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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 26:5 - Basic English
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 26:5 |
Basic English |
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for the blessing of God was on him. |
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King James |
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| God blessed him--that is, Obed-edom. The occasion of the blessing was his faithful custody of the ark (Sa2 6:11-12). The nature of the blessing (Psa 127:5) consisted in the great increase of progeny by which his house was distinguished; seventy-two descendants are reckoned. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Blessed him - With a numerous posterity and other blessings, for his respect and affection to the ark. The increase and building up of families, is owing to the Divine blessing. And a great blessing it is to have many children, when they are like these, eminent in the service of God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For God blessed him - "That is, Obed-edom; because of the ark of the Lord which was in his house; and to him was given the honor that he should see his children and grand-children, even fourscore and two, masters of the Levites." - T. In Ch1 26:8, we have only sixty-two mentioned. |
5 Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
11 And the ark of the Lord was in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months: and the Lord sent a blessing on Obed-edom and all his family.
12 And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.
8 All these were sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men and strong for the work; sixty-two sons of Obed-edom.