1 Chronicles 27:30

Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

1 Chronicles 27:30, King James Version

1 Chronicles 27:30 in other translations

BSB	Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.
WEB	Over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite. Over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.
ASV	and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.
YLT	and over the camels is Obil the Ishmeelite; and over the asses is Jehdeiah the Meronothite;
DARBY	And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite.
BBE	Obil the Ishmaelite had control of the camels and Jehdeiah the Meronothite of the she-asses;
Webster	Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

What does 1 Chronicles 27:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

30. camels--These were probably in the countries east of the Jordan, and hence an Ishmaelite and Nazarite were appointed to take charge of them.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27:16-34

The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kings. Much of the wisdom of princes is seen in the choice of their ministry, and common persons show it in the choice of their advisers. David, though he had all these about him, preferred the word of God before them all. Thy…

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1 Chronicles 27:30 in the original Hebrew

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וְעַל\־ve.'al-and [was] overH5921

הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔יםha.ge.ma.Limthe camelsH1581

אוֹבִ֖יל'o.VilObilH179

הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑יhai.yish.me.'e.Lithe IshmaeliteH3459

וְעַל\־ve.'al-and [was] overH5921

הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹתha.'a.to.Notthe she-assesH860

יֶחְדְּיָ֖הוּyech.de.Ya.huJehdeiahH3165

הַמֵּרֹנֹתִֽי\׃\ \סha.me.ro.no.Tithe MeronothiteH4824

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 27:30

Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the camels.
Job 1:3
the Ishmaelite.
Ge 47:6

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Context

1 Chronicles 27:29
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
1 Chronicles 27:30
Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
1 Chronicles 27:31
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.

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1 Chronicles 27:30 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y de los camellos, Obil Ismaelita; y de las asnas, Jedías Meronothita;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et Obil, l’Ismaélite, sur les chameaux; et Jekhdia, le Méronothite, sur les ânesses;
German Elberfelder 1871	und über die Kamele: Obil, der Ismaeliter; und über die Eselinnen: Jechdeja, der Meronothiter;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	super camelos vero, Ubil Ismahelites: et super asinos, Jadias Meronathites: