Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 29:13
Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator lists Levitical leaders organizing Hezekiah’s temple purification, specifying their clan affiliations as part of a broader restoration effort. The words — The text uses בְּנֵי (benei), literally “descendants of,” to classify Shimri, Jeuel, Zechariah, and Mattaniah under the Elizaphanite and Asaphite lineages. The thread — These same clan identifiers appear in 1 Chronicles 15:8 and 1 Chronicles 6:39, where they are similarly cataloged as designated temple servants and musicians. Why it lands — The passage states that worship duties are assigned by lineage, requiring a reader to recognize that corporate identity, not individual choice, structures biblical service.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 15:8 from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;
- Leviticus 10:4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
- 1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 25:2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.