לִדְלָיָ֨הוּ֙ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֔ים לְמַֽעַזְיָ֖הוּ אַרְבָּעָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִֽים
the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
World English Bible · Public Domain
1 Chronicles 24:18
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Chronicles 24:18 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
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World English Bible Public Domain
the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
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King James Version Public Domain
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
the twenty-third, for Delaiah; the twenty-fourth, for Maaziah.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
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King James Version Public Domain
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
The three and twentie to Deliah, the foure and twentie to Maaziah.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
The three and twentieth to Dalaiau, the four and twentieth to Maaziau.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
for Delaiah the twenty-third, for Maaziah the twenty-fourth.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
the twenty-third, for Delaiah; the twenty-fourth, for Maaziah.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
The twenty-third to Delaiah. The twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
The twenty-third Delaiah, the twenty-fourth Maaziah.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
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לְמַֽעַזְיָ֖הוּ
Maʻazyâh
H4590
“to/for · Maaziah”
Preposition + Noun, Proper
- Appears 2× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Preposition + Noun
- Type
- Proper
Full BDB Definition
Maaziah = "consolation of Jehovah"
- a priest in charge of the 24th course in the time of David
- a priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
- לִדְלָיָ֨הוּ֙ Dᵉlâyâh H1806 “to/for · Dalaiah” Preposition + Noun, Proper
- שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה shâlôwsh H7969 “three” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- וְעֶשְׂרִ֔ים ʻesrîym H6242 “and · twenty” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
- לְמַֽעַזְיָ֖הוּ Maʻazyâh H4590 “to/for · Maaziah” Preposition + Noun, Proper
- אַרְבָּעָ֥ה ʼarbaʻ H702 “four” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- וְעֶשְׂרִֽים ʻesrîym H6242 “and · twenty” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 6
- words
- 5
- distinct lemmas
- Historical
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is לְמַֽעַזְיָ֖הוּ Maaziah H4590 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:
- לְמַֽעַזְיָ֖הוּ Maaziah H4590
Shared distinctive vocabulary
לְמַֽעַזְיָ֖הוּ Maaziah H4590 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 2 nouns
- 4 adjectives
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
- וְעֶשְׂרִ֔ים twenty H6242 ×2
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 8 words from the Hebrew and 8 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
ὁ δαλαια ὁ τρίτος καί εἰκοστός ὁ μαασαι ὁ τέταρτος καί εἰκοστός
the twenty-third to Adallai, the twenty-fourth to Maasai.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
On this verse, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 6 words (5 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Maʻazyâh (“Maaziah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “Maaziah” (Maʻazyâh) shape what this verse is saying?
- The word “Maaziah” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
- Nehemiah 10:8 shares the word «Maaziah» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “twenty” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 5 words in this verse.
- “twenty” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 5 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Chronicles 24:18 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.