Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses.
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Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses.
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Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
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Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This Ahi was the head or chief of the…
This Ahi was the head or chief of the houses or families, either,
1. Of those seven named 1Ch 5:13; or,
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2. Of Abdiel and Guni last named, and of their fifties.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain All these were reckoned by genealogies,.... All before mentioned:
All these were reckoned by genealogies,.... All before mentioned:
in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel; not that those two kings reigned at the same time, and one and the same reckoning is meant; but, as Dr. Lightfoot (y) observes, there were two reckonings; his words are,"in the days of Jotham there was an account taken of the families of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, Ch1 5:17 and so had there been in the days of Jeroboam the second; then at their restoring by Jeroboam out of the hands of Hamath and Syria, and now at their arming against the Assyrian, under whom they fell in the time of Pekah, and are never again restored to Israel.''
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(y) Works, vol. 1. p. 100.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And, &c. Hebrew also, "Achi, son of Abdiel." ---…
And, &c. Hebrew also, "Achi, son of Abdiel." --- Chief, like the preceding, each in their respective families. (Calmet) --- They were relations (Haydock) of the same tribe. (Menochius)
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).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. chief of the house of their fathers] R.V.…
15. chief of the house of their fathers] R.V. chief of their fathers’ houses.
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