1 Chronicles 12:9
Strong's Lexicon
Ezer
עֵ֖זֶר (‘ê·zer)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5829: Ezer = 'treasure' 1) father of Hushah of the sons of Hur 2) a Gadite chief who fought with David 3) a Levite who aided in repairing the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

the chief,
הָרֹ֑אשׁ (hā·rōš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

Obadiah
עֹבַדְיָה֙ (‘ō·ḇaḏ·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5662: Obadiah = 'servant of Jehovah' 1) the 4th of the 12 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel 1a) the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom 2) father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David 3) a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah 4) chief of the household of king Ahab of Israel; an devout worshipper of Jehovah who at risk to his own life hid over 100 prophets during the persecution of Jezebel 5) a descendant of David 6) a chief of the tribe of Issachar 7) a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul 8) a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun 9) a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag 10) a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah 11) a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra 12) a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah 13) one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 13a) perhaps the same as 12

the second [in command],
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8145: 1) second 1a) second (the ordinal number) 1b) again (a second time) 1c) another, other (something as distinct from something else)

Eliab
אֱלִיאָ֖ב (’ĕ·lî·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 446: Eliab = 'my God is father' or 'God is father' 1) son of Helon, leader of Zebulun in the wilderness 2) a Reubenite chief, father of Dathan and Abiram 3) David's oldest brother 4) a Levite musician 5) a Gadite warrior for David 6) a Kohathite

the third,
הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי׃ (haš·šə·li·šî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7992: 1) third, one third, third part, third time 1a) ordinal number

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

Young's Literal Translation
Ezer the head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

New American Standard Bible
Ezer [was] the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

King James Bible
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Ezer was the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

New Living Translation
Ezer was their leader. Obadiah was second. Eliab was third.

English Standard Version
Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

New American Standard Bible
Ezer was the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

King James Bible
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

International Standard Version
Their leader was Ezer, Obadiah was second, Eliab third,

NET Bible
Ezer was the leader, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

American Standard Version
Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

English Revised Version
Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third;

Young's Literal Translation
Ezer the head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
















Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:8
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

1 Chronicles 12:10
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

1 Chronicles 12:7
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

1 Chronicles 12:6
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,

1 Chronicles 12:11
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

1 Chronicles 12:12
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
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