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Organized Kingdom Leadership
This verse continues the list of tribal leaders, specifically naming those for Ephraim and the half-tribe of Manasseh located west of the Jordan River. Commentators see this detailed list as evidence of the organized and sophisticated administration of David's kingdom.
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1 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 27:16–22
18th Century
Theologian
Gad and Asher are omitted from this list of the tribes. Similarly, Dan and Zebulon are omitted from the genealogical survey of the tribes ([Referen…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 27:20
19th Century
Bishop
O of the half tribe of Manasseh. —That on the west of Jordan, between Ephraim and Issachar.
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 27:20
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 27:16).
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 27:16–34
17th Century
Minister
The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's possessions, had the oversight and charge of the king's cultivated land, his vineyards, his …