1 Chronicles 12:9

“Ezer the head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,”

1 Chronicles 12:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezerעֵזֶרezer

Ezer

Ezer: the name of several Israelites. The name means "help."

Where else “ezer” appears
the headרֹאשׁrosh

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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Obadiahעֹבַדְיָהovadya

Obadiah

Obadiah: a name meaning "servant of Yah." About thirteen people in the Bible bear it; among them the man over King Ahab's household who hid a hundred prophets (1 Kings 18), and the prophet of the book that bears his name.

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the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni

second

The one that comes after the first; the other of two.

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Eliabאֱלִיאָבeliav

Eliab

Eliab, the name of several men; among them a chief of the tribe of Zebulun (Numbers 1:9), the father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:1) and the oldest brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6). It means "God is father."

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the thirdשְּׁלִשִׁיshelishi

third

The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.

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The context

8From the Gadites there separated themselves and went to David, to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty warriors, men of the army for war, who handled shield and spear; their faces were the faces of a lion, and they were like gazelles on the mountains in swiftness.

9 · This verse (above)

10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

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