1 Chronicles 23 · Verse 16

1 Chronicles 23:16

Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
1 Chronicles 23:16, King James Version

1 Chronicles 23:16 in other translations

BSBThe descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
WEBThe sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
ASVThe sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
YLTSons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
DARBYThe sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
BBEThe sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
WebsterOf the sons of Gershom; Shebuel was the chief.

What does 1 Chronicles 23:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 To this verse the Targum adds, "The same Jonathan, who became a false prophet, repented in his old age; and David made him his chief treasurer."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 23:1-23

David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of it. When those of the same family were employed together, it would engage them to love and assist one another.

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1 Chronicles 23:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
גֵרְשׁ֖וֹםge.re.ShomGershomH1647
שְׁבוּאֵ֥לshe.vu.'ElShebuelH7619
הָרֹֽאשׁ\׃ha.Roshthe chiefH7218

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 23:16

  • 1 Chronicles 26:24

    And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:20

    And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:20

    The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Shebuel.
24:20; 25:20
Shubael.
26:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 23:15

    The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:16

    Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:17

    And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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1 Chronicles 23:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hijo de Gersón fué Sebuel el primero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Fils de Guershom: Shebuel, le chef.
German
Elberfelder 1871		die Söhne Gersoms: Schebuel, das Haupt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Gersom: Subuel primus.