1 Chronicles 7:3 Meaning and Explanation
“And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.”
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Read Full Chapter →The line continues through Uzzi to Izrahiah and his sons, all of them leaders.
What Does 1 Chronicles 7:3 Mean?
The genealogy narrows to a single son, Izrahiah, then opens again into five who are marked as chief men. The record carefully preserves leadership lines so that responsibility and inheritance could be rightly traced.
Several of these names carry the praise of God within them, a habit of Israel's households that lifted ordinary family life toward worship. To name a child for the Lord was to hand down faith across the years. In small, faithful acts like these the covenant was kept alive from one generation to the next.
1 Chronicles 7:3 in the Original Language
Obadiah (עֹבַדְיָה), 'servant of the LORD' -- a name that made worship a daily confession.
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What does 1 Chronicles 7:3 mean?
The line continues through Uzzi to Izrahiah and his sons, all of them leaders.