Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 5437 [e] וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ way-yā-sōb-bū And they went throughout Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 3063 [e] בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה bî-hū-ḏāh, Judah Prep-b | N-proper-ms 6908 [e] וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּ way-yiq-bə-ṣū and gathered Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3881 [e] הַלְוִיִּם֙ hal-wî-yim the Levites Art | N-proper-mp 3605 [e] מִכָּל־ mik-kāl from all Prep-m | N-msc 5892 [e] עָרֵ֣י ‘ā-rê the cities N-fpc 3063 [e] יְהוּדָ֔ה yə-hū-ḏāh, of Judah N-proper-ms 7218 [e] וְרָאשֵׁ֥י wə-rā-šê and chief Conj-w | N-mpc 1 [e] הָאָב֖וֹת hā-’ā-ḇō-wṯ the fathers Art | N-mp 3478 [e] לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל lə-yiś-rā-’êl; of Israel Prep-l | N-proper-ms 935 [e] וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ way-yā-ḇō-’ū and they came Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 3389 [e] יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ yə-rū-šā-lim. Jerusalem N-proper-fs

New American Standard Bible
They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers' households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

King James Bible
And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They made a circuit throughout Judah. They gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

went about

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the chief of Houbigant omits the words {of Israel.} Bp. Patrick, however, is of the opinion that Judah is here called by the general name of {Israel}: but it is probable, that these `chief fathers of Israel' were the descendants of those priests and Levites, and other pious persons of the ten tribes, who left their cities and possessions, and joined themselves to Judah, in the days of Jeroboam. See the parallel passages.

2 Chronicles 11:13-17 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted …

1 Chronicles 15:12 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: …

1 Chronicles 24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, …

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