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1 Chronicles 4:38

These men noted by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shimri;   Simeon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Simeon, the Tribe of;   Ziza;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jaakobah;   Jamlech;   Jehu;   Jeshohaiah;   Jesimiel;   Joshah;   Simeon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Asiel;   He;   Mishma;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Simeon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jo'shah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Joshah;   Prince;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Simeon, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
these mentioned by name were leaders in their families. Their ancestral houses increased greatly.
Hebrew Names Version
these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
King James Version
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
English Standard Version
these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
New English Translation
These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.
Amplified Bible
these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly [so they needed more land].
New American Standard Bible
these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers' houses spread out greatly.
World English Bible
these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These were famous princes in their families, and increased greatly their fathers houses.
Legacy Standard Bible
these, who came into the record by name, were leaders in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
Complete Jewish Bible
these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
Darby Translation
these mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
George Lamsa Translation
And they found good and rich pasture, and the land was wide and good, and tranquillity and peace there reigned;
Lexham English Bible
These mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their fathers' households increased greatly.
Literal Translation
these going by name were rulers in their families. And the house of their fathers increased to a multitude.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These were famous prynces in their kynreds of the house of their fathers, and multiplied in nombre.
American Standard Version
these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
Bible in Basic English
These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These are famous captaynes in their kinredes, setting vp greatly the house of their fathers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
these mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
King James Version (1611)
These mentioned by their names, were Princes in their families, and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers’ households.
English Revised Version
these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These ben princis nemyd in her kynredis, and ben multiplied greetli in the hows of her alies.
Update Bible Version
these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
Webster's Bible Translation
These mentioned by [their] names [were] princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
New King James Version
these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their father's house increased greatly.
New Living Translation
These were the names of some of the leaders of Simeon's wealthy clans. Their families grew,
New Life Bible
These were the names of the heads of their families. And many were added to their fathers' houses.
New Revised Standard
these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their clans increased greatly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, introduced by their names, were leading men in their families. And, their ancestral house, brake forth exceedingly;
Douay-Rheims Bible
These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly.
Revised Standard Version
these mentioned by name were princes in their families, and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
Young's Literal Translation
These who are coming in by name [are] princes in their families, and the house of their fathers have broken forth into a multitude;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.

Contextual Overview

24The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. 25The sons of Shaul: Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma. 26The sons of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei. 27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah. 28They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, 29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 32And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan-five towns- 33and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mentioned by their names: Heb. coming by names, 1 Chronicles 5:24, Genesis 6:4

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These mentioned by [their] names [were] princes in their families,.... The principal men of them, heads of their fathers' houses:

and the house of their fathers increased greatly; by them, so that they were obliged to seek out for new habitations, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These mentioned by their names were princes - The registered chiefs of the cities in the first list 1 Chronicles 4:28-31, in the time of Hezekiah 1 Chronicles 4:41.


 
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