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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Chronicles 23:11

Yachat was the chief and Zizah the second, then Ye‘ush and B'ri‘ah, who did not have many descendants and were therefore counted as one clan.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beriah;   Jahath;   Jeush;   Levites;   Zina;   Zizah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeush;   Zacharias;   Zizah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Beriah;   Gershon;   Jahath;   Jeush;   Zina;   Zizah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Jahath;   Jeush;   Zizah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gershon, Gershonites;   Zizah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beriah ;   Jahath ;   Jeush ;   Zina ;   Zizah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Beri'ah;   Ja'hath;   Je'ush;   Uz'za;   Zi'na;   Zi'zah,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gershon;   Jeush;   Zizah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beriah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; however, Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became one family and received a single assignment.
Hebrew Names Version
Yachat was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Ye`ush and Beri`ah didn't have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
King James Version
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
English Standard Version
Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, therefore they became counted as a single father's house.
New Century Version
Jahath was the first son, and Ziza was the second son. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many children, so they were counted as if they were one family.
New English Translation
Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.
Amplified Bible
Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons [not enough for a father's house or clan], so they were [counted together] as one father's household, one working group.
New American Standard Bible
Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household, one group for duty.
World English Bible
Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah didn't have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iahath was the chiefe, and Zizah the seconde, but Ieush and Beriah had not many sonnes: therfore they were in the families of their father, counted but as one.
Legacy Standard Bible
Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household, one unit.
Berean Standard Bible
Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.
Darby Translation
And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jahath was the oldest son and Ziza was the second son. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many children. So Jeush and Beriah were counted like one family.
George Lamsa Translation
And Nahat was his first-born, Zabda the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were included in their fathers family as one.
Lexham English Bible
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. They were enrolled as one for the house of a father.
Literal Translation
And Jahath was the head, and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. And they were in one roster, a father's house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iahath was the first, Sina the seconde. As for Ieus and Bria, they had not many childre, therfore were they couted but for one fathers house.
American Standard Version
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
Bible in Basic English
Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iahath was the chiefe, Ziza the seconde: but Ieus, and Beria had not many sonnes, therfore they were in one reckening according to their fathers housholde, reckened for one auncient housholde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
King James Version (1611)
And Iahath was the chiefe, and Ziza the second: but Ieush and Beriah had not many sonnes: therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their fathers house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became only one reckoning according to the house of their father.
English Revised Version
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Leeth was the formere, and Ziza the secounde; forsothe Yaus and Baria hadden not ful many sones, and therfor thei weren rikenyd in o meynee and oon hows.
Update Bible Version
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to [their] father's house.
New King James Version
Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father's house.
New Living Translation
Jahath was the family leader, and Ziza was next. Jeush and Beriah were counted as a single family because neither had many sons.
New Life Bible
Jahath was the first, and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were numbered together as one father's house.
New Revised Standard
Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were enrolled as a single family.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jahath was chief, and Zizah the second, - but, Jeush and Beriah, had not many sons, so they became an ancestral house, by one reckoning.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house.
Revised Standard Version
Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Je'ush and Beri'ah had not many sons, therefore they became a father's house in one reckoning.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household, one class.

Contextual Overview

1 David had now grown old; he had lived many years; so he made Shlomo his son king over Isra'el. 2 Then he assembled all the leaders of Isra'el, with the cohanim and L'vi'im. 3 A census of L'vi'im thirty years old and over was taken, and their number came to 38,000. 4 Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work on the house of Adonai , while 6,000 were officials and judges, 5 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 sang praise to Adonai "with the instruments I made for the purpose of singing praise." 6 David organized them into divisions named after the sons of Levi — Gershon, K'hat and M'rari. 7 For the Gershuni: La‘dan and Shim‘i. 8 The sons of La‘dan: Yechi'el the chief, Zetam and Yo'el — three. 9 The sons of Shim‘i: Shlomit, Hazi'el and Haran — three. These were the heads of the clans of La‘dan. 10 The sons of Shim‘i: Yachat, Zina Ye‘ush and B'ri‘ah. These four were the sons of Shim‘i.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zizah: 1 Chronicles 23:10

had not many sons: Heb. did not multiply sons

Cross-References

Genesis 23:6
"Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us, so choose any of our tombs to bury your dead — not one of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."
Genesis 23:7
Avraham got up, bowed before the people of the land, the sons of Het,
Genesis 23:12
Avraham bowed before the people of the land
Genesis 23:18
to Avraham as his possession in the presence of the sons of Het who belonged to the ruling council of the city.
Genesis 23:20
The field and its cave had been purchased by Avraham from the sons of Het as a burial-site which would belong to him.
Numbers 35:30
"‘If anyone kills someone, the murderer is to be put to death upon the testimony of witnesses; but the testimony of only one witness will not suffice to cause a person to be put to death.
Deuteronomy 17:6
The death sentence is to be carried out only if there was testimony from two or three witnesses; he may not be sentenced to death on the testimony of only one witness.
Deuteronomy 19:15
"One witness alone will not be sufficient to convict a person of any offense or sin of any kind; the matter will be established only if there are two or three witnesses testifying against him.
Ruth 4:1
Meanwhile, Bo‘az had gone up to the gate and had sat down there, when the redeemer of whom Bo‘az had spoken passed by. "Such-and-such," he said, "come over, and sit down"; so he came over and sat down.
Ruth 4:4
I thought I should tell you about it and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of the people sitting here and in the presence of the leaders of my people. If you want to redeem it, redeem it. But if it is not to be redeemed, then tell me, so that I can know, because there is no one else in line to redeem it, and I'm after you." He said, "I want to redeem it."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jahath was the chief,.... The prince and head of a family:

and Ziza the second; the same with Zina in 1 Chronicles 23:10, and is there read Ziza in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions:

but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; so as to constitute distinct families:

therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house; made one family with their brethren.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 23:11. Therefore they were in one reckoning — The family of Shimei, being small, was united with that of Laadan, that the two families might do that work which otherwise belonged to one, but which would have been too much for either of these separately.


 
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