1 Chronicles 24:16

Study note

Setting — The chronicler continues a sequential record assigning priestly duties to specific family heads. The list moves from the eighteenth assignment to the twentieth, placing Pethahiah and Jehezkel in their ordered ranks.

The words — לִֽ/פְתַחְיָה֙ (li/f.tach.Yah) = to/ Pethahiah and תִּשְׁעָ֣ה עָשָׂ֔ר (tish.'Ah 'a.Sar) = nine-teen. These terms anchor the verse in a precise numerical sequence rather than a narrative event.

The thread — This verse functions as a pivot in the continuous list of priestly divisions in 1 Chronicles 24:15–17. It mirrors the structural pattern of other numbered administrative records in the historical books.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of ordered service and specific names in a fixed sequence. It asks the reader to track the progression of duty assignments without adding commentary.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.