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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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1 Chronicles 15:8

of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his relatives;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elizaphan;   Shemaiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shemaiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Shemaiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elizaphan;   Shemaiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elizaphan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Elizaphan;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Priests and Levites;   Shemaiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elizaphan ;   Shemaiah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shemai'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elizaphan;   Shemaiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Elizaphan;   Priest;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives;
Hebrew Names Version
of the sons of Elitzafan, Shemayah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
King James Version
Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
English Standard Version
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his brothers;
New Century Version
There were two hundred people from Elizaphan's family group, with Shemaiah as their leader.
New English Translation
From the descendants of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives.
New American Standard Bible
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his relatives;
World English Bible
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of the sonnes of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 of his relatives;
Berean Standard Bible
from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;
Contemporary English Version
Shemaiah, the leader of the Elizaphan clan, and two hundred of his relatives;
Complete Jewish Bible
from the descendants of Elitzafan: Sh'ma‘yah the chief, and 200 of his kinsmen;
Darby Translation
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;
Easy-to-Read Version
There were 200 people from the tribe of Elizaphan. Shemaiah was their leader.
George Lamsa Translation
Of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the elder and his brethren, two hundred;
Good News Translation
from the clan of Elizaphan, Shemaiah, in charge of 200;
Lexham English Bible
Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and two hundred of his brothers.
Literal Translation
Of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of ye childre of Elizaphan: Semaia the chefe wt his brethren, two hundreth.
American Standard Version
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;
Bible in Basic English
Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of the children of Elizaphan, Semaia the chiefe, & of his brethren two hundred.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;
King James Version (1611)
Of the sonnes of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Of the sons of Elisaphat; Semei the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.
English Revised Version
of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of the sones of Elisaphan Semei was prynce, and hise britheren two hundrid;
Update Bible Version
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
New King James Version
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his brethren;
New Living Translation
From the descendants of Elizaphan, 200, with Shemaiah as their leader.
New Life Bible
Shemaiah became the leader of the sons of Elizaphan, and 200 of his brothers.
New Revised Standard
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with two hundred of his kindred;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias the chief: and his brethren two hundred.
Revised Standard Version
of the sons of Eli-za'phan, Shemai'ah the chief, with two hundred of his brethren;
Young's Literal Translation
Of sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 of his relatives;

Contextual Overview

1David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 2Then David said, "No one is to carry the ark of God except the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever." 3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place which he had prepared for it. 4David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: 5of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 of his relatives; 6of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his relatives; 7of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his relatives; 8of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his relatives;9of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with 80 of his relatives; 10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his relatives.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Elizaphan: Exodus 6:22, Elzaphan

Shemaiah: 1 Chronicles 15:11

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:19 - General 2 Chronicles 29:13 - Elizaphan

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
Abram said, "Lord GOD, what reward will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless, and he who will be the owner and heir of my house is this [servant] Eliezer from Damascus?"
Genesis 15:4
Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man [Eliezer] will not be your heir but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir."
Genesis 15:9
So God said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:10
So Abram brought all these to Him and cut them down the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.
Genesis 15:13
God said to Abram, "Know for sure that your descendants will be strangers [living temporarily] in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
Genesis 15:14
"But on that nation whom your descendants will serve I will bring judgment, and afterward they will come out [of that land] with great possessions.
Genesis 15:17
When the sun had gone down and a [deep] darkness had come, there appeared a smoking brazier and a flaming torch which passed between the [divided] pieces [of the animals].
2 Kings 20:8
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will [completely] heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?"
Psalms 86:17
Show me a sign of [Your] goodwill, That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, O LORD, helped and comforted me.
Isaiah 7:11
"Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; make your request as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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