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33 Now these were the singers; the heads of the families[a] of the Levites were in the chambers free from other service, for day and night they were over them on the service. 34 These were the heads of the families[b] of the Levites according to their genealogies, leaders. These lived in Jerusalem.

Saul’s Genealogy Repeated

35 And these lived in Gibeon: Jeiel the father of Gibeon. And the name of his wife was Maacah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:33 Literally “fathers”
  2. 1 Chronicles 9:34 Literally “fathers”

33 Those who were musicians,(A) heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night.(B)

34 All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.

The Genealogy of Saul(C)

35 Jeiel(D) the father[a] of Gibeon lived in Gibeon.

His wife’s name was Maakah,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:35 Father may mean civic leader or military leader.