1 Chronicles 26 · Verse 27

1 Chronicles 26:27

Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 26:27, King James Version

1 Chronicles 26:27 in other translations

BSBThey had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
WEBThey dedicated some of the plunder won in battles to repair the LORD’s house.
ASVOut of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Jehovah.
YLTfrom the battles, even from the spoil they sanctified to strengthen the house of Jehovah;
DARBY(from the wars and out of the spoils had they dedicated them, to maintain the house of Jehovah),
BBEFrom the goods taken in war, they gave, as a holy offering, materials for the building of the house of the Lord.
WebsterOut of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.

What does 1 Chronicles 26:27 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 The spoils won in battles did they dedicate - It seems these were intended for its repairs. This custom prevailed amongst almost all the people of the earth. All who acknowledged any supreme Being, believed that victory could only come through him; and therefore thought it quite rational to give him a share of the spoils. Proofs of this exist in all ancient histories: thus Virgil: - Irruimus ferro, et divos, ipsumque vocamus In partem praedamque Jovem. Aen. iii., ver. 222. "With weapons we the welcome prey invade: Then call the gods for partners of our feast, And Jove himself, the chief invited guest." Dryden. On this passage Servius observes: Ipsum vocamus. Ipsum regem deorum, cui de praeda debetur aliquid: nam Romanis moris fuit, ut bella gessuri de parte praedae aliquid numinibus pollicerentur: adeo ut Romae fuerit unum templum Jovis Praedatoris: non quod praedae praeest, sed quod ei ex praeda aliquid debeatur. "Jupiter himself, the king of the gods, to whom a portion of the prey was due: for it was a custom among the Romans, when entering on a war, to promise some part of the prey to their deities. And there was a temple at Rome dedicated to Jupiter Praedator, not because he presided over the prey, but because a part of the prey was due to him."

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1 Chronicles 26:27 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.

מִן\־min-some ofH4480
הַמִּלְחָמ֥וֹתha.mil.cha.Motthe warsH4421
וּמִן\־u.min-and some ofH4480
הַשָּׁלָ֖לha.sha.Lalthe plunderH7998
הִקְדִּ֑ישׁוּhik.Di.shuthey consecratedH6942
לְחַזֵּ֖קle.cha.Zekto repairH2388
לְבֵ֥יתle.Veit<to> [the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 26:27

  • Nehemiah 10:32-34

    Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law:

  • 2 Kings 12:14

    But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.

  • Joshua 6:19

    But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Out.
Jos 6:19
spoils won in battles. Heb. battles and spoils. tomaintain.
2Ki 12:14; Ne 10:32-34

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 26:26

    Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:27

    Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:28

    And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

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1 Chronicles 26:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De lo que habían consagrado de las guerras y de los despojos, para reparar la casa de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		qu’ils avaient consacrées, des guerres et du butin, pour l’entretien de la maison de l’ Éternel;
German
Elberfelder 1871		von den Kriegen und von der Beute hatten sie sie geheiligt zur Unterhaltung des Hauses Jehovas;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		de bellis et manubiis præliorum, quæ consecraverant ad instaurationem et supellectilem templi Domini.