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Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Shimei from Ramah was in charge of the king’s vineyards. Zabdi from Shepham was responsible for the grapes and the supplies of wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And over the vineyards <i>was</i> Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars <i>was</i> Zabdi the Shiphmite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Shimei the Ramathite <i>was</i> over the vineyards, and Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the produce of the vineyards for the supply of wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite was responsible for the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite was responsible for the produce of the vineyards <i>stored</i> in the wine cellars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite had charge of the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite had charge of the produce of the vineyards stored in the wine cellars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Shimei the Ramathite had charge of the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite had charge of the produce of the vineyards <i>stored</i> in the wine cellars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite <i>was</i> over the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite <i>was</i> over the produce of the vineyards <i>stored</i> in the wine cellars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards; Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Shimei from Ramah was in charge of the vineyards, and Zabdi from Shepham was in charge of storing the wine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />for the vineyards Shimei from Ramah for storing wine that came from the vineyards Zabdi from Shepham<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite supervised the vineyards. In charge over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards; Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the wine stored in the vineyards. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the winecellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite. Over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Shimei the Ramathite [is] over the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite [is] over what [is] in the vineyards for the treasures of wine;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and over the vineyards is Shimei the Ramathite; and over what is in the vineyards for the treasures of wine is Zabdi the Shiphmite;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And over the vineyards, Shimei the Ramothite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the treasures of wine, Zabdi the Shiphmite:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And over the dressers of the vineyards, was Semeias a Romathite: and over the wine cellars, Zabdias an Aphonite. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And over the cultivators of vineyards was Shimei, a Ramathite; then over the wine cellars was Zabdi, an Aphonite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Over the vineyards was Shimei from Ramah, and over their produce for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite. Over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And over the vineyards, Shemaiah the Ramathite, and over that which is in the vineyards for the cellars of wine, Zebedee the Shephmite.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And over the fields <i>was</i> Semei of Rael; and over the treasures of wine in the fields <i>was</i> Zabdi the son of Sephni.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=7735" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/27.htm">David's Various Overseers</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8096.htm" title="8096: šim·‘î (N-proper-ms) -- The name of a number of Isr. From shema'; famous; Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites.">Shimei</a> <a href="/hebrew/7435.htm" title="7435: hā·rā·mā·ṯî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Ramah. Patronymic of Ramah; a Ramathite or inhabitant of Ramah.">the Ramathite</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">was in charge of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: hak·kə·rā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">the vineyards.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2067.htm" title="2067: zaḇ·dî (N-proper-ms) -- Gift, four Isr. From zebed; giving; Zabdi, the name of four &? Israelites.">Zabdi</a> <a href="/hebrew/8225.htm" title="8225: haš·šip̄·mî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Shepham. Patrial from Shpham; a Shiphmite or inhabitant of Shepham.">the Shiphmite</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">was in charge of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: šeb·bak·kə·rā·mîm (Pr, Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">the produce of the vineyards</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: hay·ya·yin (Art:: N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">for the wine</a> <a href="/hebrew/214.htm" title="214: lə·’ō·ṣə·rō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse. From 'atsar; a depository.">vats.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/41-47.htm">Genesis 41:47-49</a></span><br />During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully. / During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it. / So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-6.htm">Genesis 45:6</a></span><br />For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Genesis 47:24</a></span><br />At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Deuteronomy 8:8</a></span><br />a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">1 Kings 4:7</a></span><br />Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-22.htm">1 Kings 4:22-23</a></span><br />Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, / ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-32.htm">2 Kings 18:32</a></span><br />until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">2 Chronicles 2:10</a></span><br />I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-28.htm">2 Chronicles 32:28</a></span><br />He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11</a></span><br />Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-39.htm">Nehemiah 10:39</a></span><br />For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14-15</a></span><br />He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: / wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm">Isaiah 5:10</a></span><br />For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Isaiah 28:28</a></span><br />Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-37.htm">Matthew 9:37-38</a></span><br />Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. / Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">Cellars</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-26.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-23.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-30.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-17.htm">Shimei</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-17.htm">Shim'e-I</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-17.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-24.htm">Stores</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-25.htm">Treasures</a> <a href="/exodus/22-29.htm">Vats</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-14.htm">Vine-Gardens</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-12.htm">Vineyards</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-3.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-19.htm">Zabdi</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm">Cellars</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-28.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-14.htm">Shimei</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-14.htm">Shim'e-I</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-18.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm">Stores</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm">Treasures</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-10.htm">Vats</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Vine-Gardens</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Vineyards</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-10.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-17.htm">Zabdi</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-1.htm">The twelve captains for each month</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-16.htm">The princes of the twelve tribes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-23.htm">The numbering of the people is hindered</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-25.htm">David's several officers</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards.</b><br>Shimei, identified as a Ramathite, likely hails from Ramah, a city in the territory of Benjamin. This location is significant in biblical history, being associated with figures like Samuel. The role of overseeing vineyards indicates a position of responsibility and trust, as vineyards were valuable assets in ancient Israel, providing wine, a staple in the diet and religious practices. The mention of Shimei highlights the organized structure of King David's administration, where specific individuals were appointed to manage different aspects of the kingdom's resources.<p><b>Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.</b><br>Zabdi, described as a Shiphmite, suggests he is from a place called Shiphmoth, though its exact location is uncertain. His responsibility for the produce of the vineyards, specifically for the wine vats, underscores the importance of wine production in Israelite society. Wine was not only a common beverage but also used in religious offerings and celebrations. This role required expertise in viticulture and wine-making, reflecting the advanced agricultural practices of the time. The division of labor between Shimei and Zabdi illustrates the detailed and efficient management system under King David, ensuring the kingdom's prosperity and stability.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/shimei_the_ramathite.htm">Shimei the Ramathite</a></b><br>Shimei is identified as the overseer of the vineyards. The title "Ramathite" suggests he is from Ramah, a place known for its fertile lands and agricultural productivity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zabdi_the_shiphmite.htm">Zabdi the Shiphmite</a></b><br>Zabdi is responsible for the produce of the vineyards, specifically for the wine cellars. The designation "Shiphmite" indicates his origin from Shiphmoth, a location not widely known but possibly linked to a region of agricultural significance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/v/vineyards.htm">Vineyards</a></b><br>These are cultivated areas where grapevines are grown. In ancient Israel, vineyards were crucial for producing wine, a staple in the diet and religious practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wine_cellars.htm">Wine Cellars</a></b><br>These are storage places for wine, indicating the importance of wine production and preservation in the economy and culture of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_responsibility.htm">Stewardship and Responsibility</a></b><br>Shimei and Zabdi exemplify the importance of stewardship in God's kingdom. Each person has a role and responsibility, and faithfulness in these tasks honors God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fruitfulness_in_life.htm">Fruitfulness in Life</a></b><br>Just as vineyards are cultivated for fruit, believers are called to cultivate their lives to produce spiritual fruit. This requires intentionality and care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_collaboration.htm">Community and Collaboration</a></b><br>The division of labor between Shimei and Zabdi highlights the need for collaboration in the body of Christ. Each member has unique gifts and roles that contribute to the whole.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_and_preservation.htm">Preparation and Preservation</a></b><br>The mention of wine cellars underscores the importance of preparation and preservation. In spiritual terms, this can relate to storing up God's Word in our hearts and being prepared for future challenges.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_1_chron._27_commanders_verifiable.htm">Are the named commanders in 1 Chronicles 27 historically verifiable through archaeology or extrabiblical records?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_record_a_partial_count_in_1_chron_27.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 27:23-24 mention divine wrath for numbering, yet still record a partial count of fighting men?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_jesus'_ancestor__abiud_or_rhesa.htm">Which son of Zerubbabel is an ancestor of Jesus: Abiud (Matthew 1:13) or Rhesa (Luke 3:27)? Neither name matches Zerubbabel's sons listed in 1 Chronicles 3:19-20.</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_1_chronicles_27's_military_data_accurate.htm">Does 1 Chronicles 27 align with known ancient Near Eastern military practices, or are these numbers and divisions exaggerated?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Shimei</span> of Ramah-Benjamin (<a href="/joshua/18-25.htm" title="Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,">Joshua 18:25</a>) was overseer of the vineyards.<p><span class= "bld">Zabdi.</span>--Zebadiah (the New Testament Zebedee), of the south Judean town Shiphmoth (<a href="/1_samuel/30-28.htm" title="And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,">1Samuel 30:28</a>), was "over that which is in the vineyards for the treasures (stores) of wine," <span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> the wine-cellars. So Vulg., <span class= "ital">cellis vinariis.</span> The territory of Judah was famous as a wiwing land (<a href="/genesis/49-11.htm" title="Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass's colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:">Genesis 49:11</a>). The memorable "grapes of Eshcol" were gathered there (<a href="/numbers/13-23.htm" title="And they came to the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two on a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.">Numbers 13:23</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - This verse specifies the officer who had the management of the vineyards, and also the officer who had charge over the wine-cellars. The description of Ramathite does not assist us to identify Shimei, though the choice of place is ample (<a href="/joshua/13-26.htm">Joshua 13:26</a>; <a href="/joshua/18-25.htm">Joshua 18:25</a>; <a href="/joshua/19-29.htm">Joshua 19:29, 36</a>; <a href="/judges/15-17.htm">Judges 15:17</a>). For <span class="cmt_word">Shiphmite</span>, see <a href="/numbers/34-10.htm">Numbers 34:10, 11</a>; to the place Shepham, mentioned in which passage, the reference here may be. For over the increase, read <span class="accented">over that which in the vineyards</span>, etc., where the initial <span class="hebrew">שׁ</span> stands for <span class="hebrew">אֲשֶׁר</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Shimei</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁמְעִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(šim·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8096.htm">Strong's 8096: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shimei -- the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Ramathite</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָֽמָתִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rā·mā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7435.htm">Strong's 7435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ramathite -- a Ramathite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was in charge of</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the vineyards.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֨כְּרָמִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kə·rā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Zabdi</span><br /><span class="heb">זַבְדִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(zaḇ·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2067.htm">Strong's 2067: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zabdi -- 'gift', four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Shiphmite</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשִּׁפְמִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šip̄·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8225.htm">Strong's 8225: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shiphmite -- a Shiphmite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was in charge of</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַ֤ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the produce of the vineyards</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁבַּכְּרָמִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(šeb·bak·kə·rā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pr, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the wine</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיַּ֔יִן</span> <span class="translit">(hay·ya·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wine, intoxication</span><br /><br /><span class="word">vats.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאֹצְר֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ō·ṣə·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_214.htm">Strong's 214: </a> </span><span class="str2">Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">1 Chronicles 27:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/27-27.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 27:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 27:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 27:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 27:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>