Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 24:7
The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records an administrative procedure where the Levite scribe Shemaiah documents priestly divisions before the king and officials as lots are drawn from the families of Eleazar and Ithamar.
The words — הַגּוֹרָל (ha.goral, "the lot") and וַיֵּצֵא (va.ye.Tze, "and it went out/fell") describe the physical casting process that randomly assigned the first two priestly orders to Jehoiarib and Jedaiah.
The thread — The families of Jehoiarib and Jedaiah are listed together in 1 Chronicles 9:10, while Ezra 2:36 and Nehemiah 7:39 specifically record the descendants of Jedaiah among the returning exiles.
Why it lands — The text states that priestly service was allocated by lot rather than human selection, which frames subsequent worship practice as dependent on divine ordering rather than family preference.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
Cross-references
- Ezra 2:36 The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
- 1 Chronicles 9:10 From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;
- Nehemiah 7:39 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
- Nehemiah 11:10 From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin;
- Nehemiah 12:19 of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;