1 Chronicles 11:47 Meaning and Explanation
“Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.”
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Read Full Chapter →The roll of David's mighty men closes with Eliel, Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
What Does 1 Chronicles 11:47 Mean?
The long list of David's valiant men ends quietly with three final names: Eliel, Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. The chronicler closes the roll having left no honored warrior unnamed.
That the list ends not with the most famous but with three little-known men is fitting. The least are remembered as surely as the greatest. So the King's record closes, every name secure within it. This is the assurance Scripture leaves us: those who give themselves to God's chosen King, from the mightiest to the most obscure, are written down and will not be forgotten. The first and the last are equally held in His memory.
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What does 1 Chronicles 11:47 mean?
The roll of David's mighty men closes with Eliel, Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.