1 Chronicles 27:20

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler records David’s administrative divisions, listing officials appointed over specific tribal groups during the monarch’s reign.

The words — The text uses לִ/בְנֵ֣י (li/v.Nei) for “the sons of” and אֶפְרַ֔יִם ('ef.Ra.yim) for “Ephraim,” establishing direct lineage and territorial oversight.

The thread — This administrative pattern continues in the surrounding entries of 1 Chronicles 27:19 and 27:21, which similarly assign named leaders to Zebulun, Naphtali, Gilead Manasseh, and Benjamin.

Why it lands — It requires a reader to recognize the systematic organization of Israel’s tribes under Davidic authority, noting how leadership is tied to specific family lines and territorial portions.

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.