What Does 1 Chronicles 26:2 Mean in the King James?

And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

1 Chronicles 26:2 · KJV

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 sons’ names turn a bare roster into a testimony: Yahweh remembers, God knows, and Yahweh bestows.

THE MEANING

Your place in an order does not exhaust who you are: the names here carry remembrance, being known, and bestowal. The verse holds each son’s position and personal name together, keeping distinction visible inside the family line.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

You are only your rank or role. This verse places each son in an order while preserving a name with its own meaning.

THE ROOT

זְכַרְיָהוּ

Zekharyahu

GROWS FROM

זכר

z-k-r

Remember; call to mind.

“Zechariah” in this verse is Zekharyahu. The name carries remembrance inside the roster, turning a person’s identity into a statement that Yahweh remembers. English presents a name, but its Hebrew form also bears that declaration.

ALSO GROWS

zakar: Remember, call to mind.

זָכַר

This verb is the seed carried in Zechariah’s name.

zikkaron: Remembrance or memorial.

זִכָּרוֹן

This branch shows how remembering can be made present and held in view.

יְדִיעֲאֵל

Yediʿel

GROWS FROM

ידע

y-d-ʿ

Know, perceive; knowing by encounter.

“Jediael” in this verse is Yediʿel. The name links the person to being known by God, not merely to having information about God. Its root lets knowing carry the closeness of encounter.

ALSO GROWS

yada: Know or perceive.

יָדַע

This verb gives the name its sense of being known.

daʿat: Knowledge or knowing.

דַּעַת

This noun shows the same root’s movement from knowing as an act to knowing as a state.

זְבַדְיָהוּ

Zəḇaḏyāhū

GROWS FROM

זבד

z-b-d

Bestow, endow; give as a gift.

Zebadiah’s name carries bestowal into the list: a son is named as one given or endowed. The root joins the person’s identity to gift rather than treating his place as mere rank.

ALSO GROWS

zabad: Bestow or endow.

זָבַד

This verb is the root action held in the name Zebadiah.

zebed: A gift or endowment.

זֵבֶד

This branch makes explicit the gift-language carried by the name.

THE PATTERN

A name in Scripture can carry a testimony, making a person’s identity a declaration that remains present in the story.

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Genesis 29:32 · KJVReuben’s name holds Leah’s testimony about being seen inside the child’s identity.

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Genesis 30:6 · KJVDan’s name carries Rachel’s declaration about being heard and judged.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21 · KJVThe stated reason for the name joins identity to the work the child will do.

THE THREAD

The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

Psalm 115:12 · KJV

The Hebrew behind “hath been mindful” comes from ⁨זכר⁩ (z-k-r, remember), the same root carried by Zechariah. The name’s remembrance echoes in the Psalm as the LORD holding a people in view, followed by blessing.

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