📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 9:13
What does 1 Chronicles 9:13 mean?
"and their brothers, heads of their fathers’ houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of God’s house."
— 1 Chronicles 9:13 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,
and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of God’s house;
and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
and their brothers, heads of their fathers’ houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of God’s house.
Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
Explanation
This verse comes near the end of a long list of names in 1 Chronicles 9, where the Chronicler records the priests who served in the temple after the Israelites returned from exile in Babylon. In plain terms, it says that among the priestly families there were 1,760 heads of households, and these men were described as "very able" or highly capable for the work of serving in God's house. It is essentially a summary statement closing out a section that names specific priestly lea
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