1 Chronicles 12:6

6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, of Korhites,

1 Chronicles 12:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 12:6

Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,
the Korhites.
] Not Korahites, descendants of Levi, ( 1 Chronicles 9:19 ) , but the posterity of Korah a Benjaminite.

1 Chronicles 12:6 In-Context

4 also Ismaiah of Gibeon was (one of) the strongest among (the) thirty, and above (the) thirty; Jeremy, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad (the) Gederathite, (and Ismaiah of Gibeon was one of the strongest among The Thirty, and a leader of The Thirty; Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,)
5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah (the) Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, of Korhites,
7 and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 But also (some) of (the) Gadites? strongest men, and best fighters, holding shield and spear, fled over to David, when he was hid in desert; the faces of them as the face of a lion, and they were swift as caprets in hills. (And some of the Gadites strongest men, and best fighters, holding shield and spear, fled over to David, when he was hid in the wilderness; their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the hills.)
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