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1 Chronicles 26:8

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 26:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.
1 Chronicles 26:8 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 26

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.
6Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
7The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.
9And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.
10Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),
11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“All these of the sons of Obededom, etc.] And grandsons: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service; men of fortitude of mind and strength of body, as before observed: were sixty two of Obededom: that sprung from him, which the Jews f109 account for in an extravagant manner, as the effect of miraculous births.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“able men: Mat 25:15; Co1 12:4-11; Co2 3:6; Pe1 4:11 1 Chronicles 26:9”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The whole number of doorkeepers of Obed-edom's family, his sons and brethren, was sixty-two; able men with strength for the service. The singular חיל אישׁ, after the preceding plural, is most simply explained by taking it to be in apposition to the כּל at the beginning of the verse, by repeating כּל mentally before אישׁ. - In Ch1 26:9 the number of Meshelemiah's sons and brothers is brought in in a supplementary way. 1 Chronicles 26:10”
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