What Does 1 Chronicles 26:29 Mean in the King James?
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
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
This verse places public oversight and judgment inside the community’s work of service, extending responsibility beyond the sanctuary.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks to a community whose shared life needs both practical oversight and fair judgment. Work that reaches outward into public affairs belongs within the ordering of that life.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that meaningful service belongs only to inward or sanctuary work: this verse explicitly assigns people to outward public responsibilities.
THE ROOT
הַחִיצֹנָה
ha-chitsonah
GROWS FROM
חוּץ
ḥ-w-ṣ
Outside; the space beyond an inner area.
“Outward” marks work that reaches beyond an inner precinct into the shared life of Israel. The verse places public responsibility within the community’s ordered service.
ALSO GROWS
ḥuts: Outside; an open space or street.
חוּץ
It makes the spatial sense of “outward” visible: the work reaches into the community’s common spaces.
ḥitson: Outer; external.
חִיצוֹן
It shares the root of “outward” and emphasizes that this responsibility concerns life beyond an inner domain.
שֹׁפְטִים
shoftim
GROWS FROM
שפט
sh-p-ṭ
To judge, decide, or govern.
The judges are not only evaluators; this root also carries the work of deciding and governing. Beside outward responsibility, it shows judgment as part of the public order that holds shared life together.
ALSO GROWS
shaphat: To judge, decide, or govern.
שָׁפַט
The verb names the active work carried by the judges in this verse.
mishpat: Judgment, justice, or a legal decision.
מִשְׁפָּט
This branch shows how judging becomes a structure of public justice, rather than a private opinion.
THE PATTERN
A people’s outward life is steadied by appointed roles that carry practical oversight and judgment.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.THE THREAD
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.This verse repeats the pairing of judges and officers and uses שפט (sh-p-ṭ; shaphat, to judge or govern), making the outward work in Chronicles concrete at the gates where public life gathers. It shows that this responsibility reaches into the community’s shared spaces.
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