Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 9:9
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men [were] chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
9. nine hundred and fifty and six ] This number nearly agrees with the nine hundred twenty and eight of Neh 11:8.
chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers ] R.V. heads of fathers ’ houses by their fathers’ houses.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The discrepancy between the numbers here and in Nehemiah Neh 11:8 may arise from corruption. So in 1Ch 9:13, 1Ch 9:22.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Nine hundred and fifty and six: they are reckoned but nine hundred and twenty-eight in Neh 11:8, either because there he mentions only those that were by lot determined to dwell at Jerusalem, to whom he here adds those who freely offered themselves to it; see Neh 11:1,2; or because some of the persons and families first placed there were dead or extinguished, or else removed from Jerusalem upon some emergent occasion.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred amd fifty and six,…. Which was the number of the Benjaminites there resident put together, and which greatly exceeded that of Judah, 1Ch 9:6
all these men were chief of the fathers, in the house of their fathers; principal men in the families of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, even all the seven before mentioned.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
nine hundred and fifty and six. In Neh 11:8 we have 928. The dates of the enumeration are independent and not identical.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Reciprocal: 2Ch 23:3 – as the Lord
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 9:9. Nine hundred and fifty-six They are reckoned but nine hundred and twenty-eight in Neh 11:8, either because there he mentions only those that were by lot determined to dwell at Jerusalem, to whom he here adds those who freely offered themselves to it; or because some of the persons first placed there were dead, or removed from Jerusalem upon some emergent occasion.