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1 Chronicles 15:6

Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asahiah;   Merari;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Merarites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Merari, Merarites;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Asahiah, Asaiah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Asai'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
from the Merarites, Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives;
Hebrew Names Version
of the sons of Merari, `Asayah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;
King James Version
Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
English Standard Version
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his brothers;
New Century Version
There were two hundred twenty people from Merari's family group, with Asaiah as their leader.
New English Translation
From the descendants of Merari: Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives.
Amplified Bible
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his relatives;
New American Standard Bible
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives;
World English Bible
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of the sonnes of Merari, Asaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth and twentie.
Legacy Standard Bible
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives;
Berean Standard Bible
from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;
Contemporary English Version
Asaiah, the leader of the Merari clan, and two hundred twenty of his relatives;
Complete Jewish Bible
from the descendants of M'rari: ‘Asayah the chief, and 220 of his kinsmen;
Darby Translation
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;
Easy-to-Read Version
There were 220 people from the tribe of Merari. Asaiah was their leader.
George Lamsa Translation
Of the sons of Merari, Ashiel the elder and his brethren, two hundred and twenty;
Good News Translation
from the clan of Merari came Asaiah, in charge of 220;
Lexham English Bible
Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief and two hundred and twenty of his brothers.
Literal Translation
Of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of the children of Merari: Asaia the chefe wt his brethre, two C. and twentye.
American Standard Version
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of the children of Merari, Asaia the chiefe, and of his brethren two hundred and twentie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;
King James Version (1611)
Of the sonnes of Merari: Asaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundred and twentie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Of the sons of Merari; Asaia the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.
English Revised Version
of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of the sones of Merari Asaya was prince, and hise britheren two hundrid and thritti;
Update Bible Version
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred and twenty;
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
New King James Version
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brethren;
New Living Translation
From the clan of Merari, 220, with Asaiah as their leader.
New Life Bible
Asaiah became the leader of the sons of Merari, and 220 of his brothers.
New Revised Standard
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with two hundred twenty of his kindred;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty.
Revised Standard Version
of the sons of Merar'i, Asai'ah the chief, with two hundred and twenty of his brethren;
Young's Literal Translation
Of sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives;

Contextual Overview

1 And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it. 2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever. 3 And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it. 4 And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites; 5 Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty; 6 Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty; 7 Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and thirty; 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred; 9 Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brothers, eighty; 10 Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Merari: 1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:30

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:20 - General 1 Chronicles 24:4 - more 2 Chronicles 29:12 - of the sons

Cross-References

Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
Genesis 15:6
And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
Genesis 15:14
But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.
Genesis 15:20
And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
Psalms 106:31
And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.
Romans 4:9
Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.
Romans 4:11
And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;
2 Corinthians 5:19
That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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