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1 Chronicles 27:30

JehdeiahObil

28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.

32 Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:

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BSB
Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.
KJV
Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
WEB
Over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite. Over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.
ASV
and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.
DARBY
And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite.
BLB
and over the camels [was] Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys [was] Jehdeiah the Meronothite;
ÅB
over kamelene ismaelitten Obil, over eselhoppene Jehdeja fra Meronot
OTB
og over kamelene var Obil, ismaelitten;
og over eslene var Jehdia, meronotitten;
B1930
over kamelene ismaelitten Obil, over aseninnene Jehdeja fra Meronot

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Cross references

  • Genesis 47:6

    The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

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  • Job 1:3

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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