What Does 1 Chronicles 25:18 Mean in the King James?
The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The eleventh place is named Azareel, “God has helped”, so this roll call carries a testimony of received help inside the name of the one serving.
THE MEANING
The verse presents service as both particular and shared: Azareel has a distinct place, yet he is counted with his sons and brothers. His name, “God has helped,” carries received aid into the work named here.
THE ROOT
עֲזַרְאֵל
ʿĂzarʾēl
GROWS FROM
עזר
ʿ-z-r
To help, aid, or support.
The name joins עָזַר (ʿāzar, to help) with אֵל (ʾēl, God): “God has helped.” The roster makes Azareel look like a name in a list, but the name itself carries help into the shared service.
ALSO GROWS
ʿāzar: To help or aid.
עָזַר
This verb is the seed in Azareel’s name, so help is part of the name’s meaning.
ʿēzer: Help, aid, or one who helps.
עֵזֶר
This related form shows the same root moving from the act of helping to the help or helper received.
THE PATTERN
Shared service takes its place through ordered turns, while each person remains part of a wider whole.
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.THE THREAD
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.The Hebrew word for “my help” is עֶזְרִי (ʿezrî, my help), from the same root עזר (ʿ-z-r, help) carried in Azareel’s name. The Psalm gives voice to what the name compresses: help comes from the LORD.
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