The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
The book containing the verse means words of days, or records of events. It deals especially with the kingdom of Judah. Within that book the verse stands in chapters 21-23, which belong to the prosperous years of David's reign.
The verse belongs to the genealogies and to the history of David that take knowledge of the preceding books for granted, supply what was left out of Samuel and Kings, and give many new and important facts. That history says scarcely anything about the northern kingdom and scarcely anything about the sinful acts of David and Solomon. The genealogies furnished the strict legal proof of hereditary descent needed after the exile to assign the land to its hereditary owners and to restore the temple service, offices, and tithes to those whose hereditary duty they were.
The book containing the verse means words of days, or records of events. It deals especially with the kingdom of Judah. Within that book the verse stands in chapters 21-23, which belong to the prosperous years of David's reign.
The verse belongs to the genealogies and to the history of David that take knowledge of the preceding books for granted, supply what was left out of Samuel and Kings, and give many new and important facts. That history says scarcely anything about the northern kingdom and scarcely anything about the sinful acts of David and Solomon. The genealogies furnished the strict legal proof of hereditary descent needed after the exile to assign the land to its hereditary owners and to restore the temple service, offices, and tithes to those whose hereditary duty they were.