1 Chronicles 9:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.
Douay-Rheims

וַאֲחֵיהֶ֨ם בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֜ם לָב֨וֹא לְשִׁבְעַ֧ת הַיָּמִ֛ים מֵעֵ֥ת אֶל־עֵ֖ת עִם־אֵֽלֶּה׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

The author further describes the sequences, noting that they were not altered daily but instead were modified following the completion of a sevenfold cycle of days.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

2 Chr 23:8So the Levites, and all Juda did according to all that Joiada the high priest had commanded: and they took every one his men that were under him, and that came in by the course of the sabbath, with those who had fulfilled the sabbath, and were to go out. For Joiada the high priest permitted not the companies to depart, which were accustomed to succeed one another every week.