1 Chronicles 27:30

Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

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Ishmaelite. Camels appropriately committed to him.
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1 Chronicles 27:25 .
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over the camels also, among the richest possessions of the king, was Obil the Ishmaelite, of a race which had always kept camels; and over the ass...
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Genesis 47:6 ; Job 1:3

³⁰ Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 27:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 27:30