2 Chronicles 31:19

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.

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מָנ֗וֹת

mânâh

H4490

“portions”

Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute

Appears 14× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 29:26

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H4487

TWOT: 1213a

part, portion

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 →

21: words
16: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מָנ֗וֹת portion H4490 — appearing just 14 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מָנ֗וֹת portion H4490 occurs in 14 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
16 nouns
1 adjective
1 particle

Verb forms

נִקְּב֖וּ Niphal · Perfect
לָתֵ֣ת Qal · Infinitive Construct
הִתְיַחֵ֖שׂ Hithpael · Infinitive Construct

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

עָרֵיהֶם֙ city H5892 ×3
בְּכָל all H3605 ×3
הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים priest H3548 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 51 words from the Hebrew and 46 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

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.

In the original languages it is 21 Hebrew tokens and 34 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 31:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Chronicles 31:12–15 They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
Leviticus 25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
Numbers 35:2–5 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall you give to the Levites.
2 Chronicles 28:15 The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.
1 Chronicles 6:54 Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),
1 Chronicles 6:60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 31:19 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְלִבְנֵי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים בִּשְׂדֵ֨י מִגְרַ֤שׁ עָרֵיהֶם֙ בְּכָל עִ֣יר וָעִ֔יר אֲנָשִׁ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת לָתֵ֣ת מָנ֗וֹת לְכָל זָכָר֙ בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וּלְכָל הִתְיַחֵ֖שׂ בַּלְוִיִּֽם

Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.

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Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 31:19 Septuagint · lemma form

ὁ υἱός ἀαρών ὁ ἱερατεύω καί ὁ ἀπό ὁ πόλις αὐτός ἐν πᾶς πόλις καί πόλις ἀνήρ ὅς ὀνομάζω ἐν ὄνομα δίδωμι μερίς πᾶς ἀρσενικός ἐν ὁ ἱερεύς καί πᾶς καταἀριθμέω ἐν ὁ λευείτης

As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests' office, —even those from their cities the men in each several city who were named expressly, —were appointed to give a portion to every male among the priests, and to every one reckoned among the Levites.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

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 →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 31:19 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.

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Joseph Benson's Commentary

2Ch 31:19. Also of the priests that were in the fields — Care was taken of those that lived in the country, though at the greatest distance, as well as of those that lived in or near Jerusalem. And they that were not waiting in their courses, but at home with their families, had provision made for them, as if they had been at the house of God, by the care of the fore-named persons, who had the charge of the whole.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(19) Also of the sons of Aaron the priests.—Officers were likewise appointed to distribute portions. to the priests and Levites who dwelt on their farms. outside of the sacerdotal cities. Render, “and for the sons of Aaron the priests, in the farms of the pasturage of their cities, in each several city, there were men who were specified by names, to give portions to every male among the priests, and to every one that was registered among the Levites.”

Fields of the suburbs.—See Lev_25:34; Num_35:5.

Expressed by name.—See 1Ch_12:31; 2Ch_28:15.

To all that were reckoned by genealogies.—Registered. The relative is omitted before the verb hiththyahçsh, which is here the perfect as in 2Ch_31:18, not the infinitive as in 2Ch_31:16.

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

19. also of the sons] R.V. also for the sons. The Chronicler now passes to a third class of priests, viz. those in the country; cp. 2Ch_31:15 (note).

the suburbs] Cp. 1Ch_5:16 (R.V. mg. “pasture-lands”); 1Ch_6:55; 1Ch_6:57 [40, 42, Heb.].

the men] R.V. there were men.

by genealogies] R.V. by genealogy.

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.

John Gill's Exposition

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah,.... Settled the courses of the priests and Levites, and made a provision for them and their families:

and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God: or did that which was truly right and good, according to the law and will of God, in the sincerity and uprightness of his soul, and as in the presence of the omniscient God, he approving and accepting it for Christ's sake.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The country priests and Levites are here distinguished from those who dwelt in the towns. The writer means to note that not even were they neglected.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Aaron. Heb. and Sept. add, "the priests," (M.) which is sufficiently understood. --- And in. Heb. "of." H.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

The priests, which were in the fields; who are opposed to those that lived in or resorted to the great city Jerusalem.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

The much more manifest meaning of this verse confirms the interpretation favoured just above for vers. 15, 17, 18. The men that were expressed by name; translate, men were expressed to give. The purport of this verse is to say that all priests and Levites of full age were sacredly remembered and similarly carefully provided for, viz. those also who lived in the fields of the suburbs of the cities (Lev_25:32-34; Num_35:2-5)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

were men who were mentioned by names Above (verses 12ff.) Conaniah and his brethren were appointed over them to receive the portions: the heave-offerings and the tithes from the Israelites to distribute the portions to every male among the priests and the Levites

to every male among the priests and also to their wives, their sons, and their daughters. The Chronicler says “to every male” here to teach something remarkable, i.e., they would provide even to the young male children, as above (verse 16): “of the males from three years old and over,” and they would surely provide for their wives, sons and daughters.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 21 words (16 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mânâh (“portion”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “portion” (mânâh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Exodus 29:26 shares the word «portion» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“city” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
The verb «נִקְּב֖וּ» is Niphal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 21 Hebrew ↔ 34 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 20 words in this verse.
“city” occurs 3× in this single verse.
16 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 21 words in this verse.