Key Verse Spotlight
1 Chronicles 26:13 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. {as well...: or, as well for the small as for the great}”
1 Chronicles 26:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah {were} thirteen.
Among these {were} the divisions of the porters, {even} among the chief men, {having} wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. {as well...: or, as well for the small as for the great}
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. {Shelemiah: also called Meshelemiah}
To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. {Asuppim: Heb. gatherings}
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