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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 2:7

Achan, who was a descendant of Zerah and the son of Carmi, caused trouble for Israel, because he kept for himself things that belonged only to the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Accursed;   Achan;   Carmi;   David;   Thompson Chain Reference - Achan;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Devote, Devoted;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Carmi;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Accursed;   Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achan;   Carmi;   Chronicles, I;   Genealogy;   Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Judah;   Perez;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Excommunication (2);   Genealogies of Jesus Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Achan, Achar;   Carmi ;   Hezron ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jesse;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'char;   Car'mi;   Jes'se;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Achan;   Carmi;   Discrepancies, Biblical;   Jehonadab;   Ruth, the Book of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Achan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Carmi;   Judah;   Nahshon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Carmi’s son: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Karmi: `Akar, the troubler of Yisra'el, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
King James Version
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
English Standard Version
The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing;
New Century Version
Carmi's son was Achan, who caused trouble for Israel because he took things that had been given to the Lord to be destroyed.
New English Translation
The son of Carmi: Achan, who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.
Amplified Bible
The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban [by taking things from Jericho that had been banned].
New American Standard Bible
The son of Carmi was Achar, the one who brought disaster on Israel by violating the ban.
World English Bible
The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonne of Carmi, Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate.
Legacy Standard Bible
The son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated what was devoted to destruction.
Berean Standard Bible
The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Karmi: ‘Akhar [troubler], who troubled Isra'el by violating the rule concerning things set aside to be destroyed.
Darby Translation
And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.
Easy-to-Read Version
Zimri's son was Carmi. Carmi's son was Achar. Achar was the man who brought many troubles to Israel. Achar kept the things he took in battle, but he was supposed to give them all to God.
George Lamsa Translation
And the son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing dedicated.
Good News Translation
Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.
Lexham English Bible
The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully in the matter of the devoted thing.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who sinned in the cursed thing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Charmi are, Achan, which troubled Israel, wha he synned in the thinge that was damned.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Charmi, Achan, that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing that was dampned.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sone of Charmy was Achar, that disturblide Israel, and synnede in the theft of thing halewid to the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
New King James Version
The son of Carmi was Achar, Joshua 7:1 and elsewhere">[fn] the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.
New Living Translation
The son of Carmi (a descendant of Zimri) was Achan, who brought disaster on Israel by taking plunder that had been set apart for the Lord .
New Life Bible
Carmi's son was Achar, who brought trouble to Israel by sinning against what was holy.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Carmi, Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in a thing devoted.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Charmi: Achar, who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban.

Contextual Overview

1Jacob was the father of twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 Judah and his Canaanite wife Bathshua had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord had Er put to death, because he disobeyed and did what the Lord hated. 4 Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar also had two sons: Perez and Zerah. 5 Perez was the father of Hezron and Hamul. 6 Zerah was the father of Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. 7 Achan, who was a descendant of Zerah and the son of Carmi, caused trouble for Israel, because he kept for himself things that belonged only to the Lord . 8 Ethan's son was Azariah. 9 Hezron was the father of Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 10 Ram was the father of Amminadab and the grandfather of Nahshon, a tribal leader of Judah. 11 Nahshon's descendants included Salma, Boaz,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Carmi: 1 Chronicles 4:1

Achar: Achan is probably called Achar, from the trouble he occasioned. Joshua 7:1-5, Achan

accursed: Deuteronomy 7:26, Deuteronomy 13:17, Joshua 6:18, Joshua 7:11-15, Joshua 7:25, Joshua 22:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:30 - Ye have

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
The Tigris River that flows east of Assyria is the third, and the fourth is the Euphrates River.
Genesis 2:15
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it.
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,
Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden, where they would have to work the ground from which the man had been made.
Genesis 7:22
The Lord destroyed everything that breathed. Nothing was left alive except Noah and the others in the boat.
Numbers 16:22
But the two men bowed down and prayed, "Our God, you gave these people life. Why would you punish everyone here when only one man has sinned?"
Numbers 27:16
"You are the Lord God, and you know what is in everyone's heart. So I ask you to appoint a leader for Israel.
Job 4:19
Humans are formed from clay and are fragile as moths, so what chance do you have?
Job 27:3
and while he gives me breath,
Job 33:6
We each were made from clay, and God has no favorites,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Carmi,.... The Targum adds, this is Zimri; but in Joshua 7:1 Carmi is said to be the son of Zabdi, who seems to be the same with Zimri; and some supply the word here, and read o the sons of Zimri, Carmi, Achar, who was the grandson of Zimri; his proper name was Achan, Joshua 7:1, but called Achar here by way of reproach, as Jarchi and others observe; being, as it follows,

the troubler of Israel, as Achar signifies: "who transgressed in the thing accursed"; devoted to the Lord, by taking it away for his own use, see Joshua 6:17, hence the valley in which he was put to death was called Achor, Joshua 6:26.

o So Junius & Tremellius, & Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“Achan” Joshua 7:1 seems to have become “Achar,” in order to assimilate the word more closely to the Hebrew term for “troubler,” which was from the time of Achan’s sin regarded as the true meaning of his name Joshua 7:25-26.


 
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