King James Version
1 Chronicles 12:9 in the King James Version says “Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,”
1 Chronicles 12:9 · KJV
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; of war: Heb. of the host as swift: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the first”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
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