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1 Chronicles 9:9

The family history of Benjamin shows there were 956 of them living in Jerusalem. All these men were leaders in their families.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Ibneiah;   Jeroham;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Writing;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jer'oham;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Caleb;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and their relatives according to their family records—956 in all. All these men were heads of their ancestral families.
Hebrew Names Version
and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers' [houses] by their fathers' houses.
King James Version
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
English Standard Version
and their kinsmen according to their generations, 956. All these were heads of fathers' houses according to their fathers' houses.
New Century Version
The family history of Benjamin lists nine hundred fifty-six people living in Jerusalem, and all these were leaders of their families.
New English Translation
Their relatives, listed in their genealogical records, numbered 956. All these men were leaders of their families.
Amplified Bible
and their relatives according to their generations, 956. All these men were heads of fathers' households according to their fathers' houses.
New American Standard Bible
and their relatives according to their generations, 956. All these men were heads of fathers' households according to their fathers' houses.
World English Bible
and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers' [houses] by their fathers' houses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethren according to their generations nine hundreth, fiftie and sixe: all these men were chiefe fathers in the housholdes of their fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
and their relatives according to their generations, 956. All these were heads of fathers' households according to their fathers' houses.
Berean Standard Bible
and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.
Complete Jewish Bible
and their kinsmen, according to their generations — altogether 956. All these men were leaders of fathers' clans.
Darby Translation
and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were chief fathers in their fathers' houses.
George Lamsa Translation
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and ninety-nine. All these were valiant men, captains over hundreds according to their fathers houses.
Good News Translation
There were 956 families of this tribe living there. All the men named above were heads of families.
Lexham English Bible
and their brethren according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were the heads of the families in the house of their fathers.
Literal Translation
and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty six. All these men were the heads of the fathers to their fathers' house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And their brethren in their kinreds nyne hundreth and syxe and fyftye. All these were heades of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
American Standard Version
and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses.
Bible in Basic English
And their brothers, in the list of their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of families, listed by the names of their fathers.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their brethren according to their kinredes, nine hundred fyftie and sixe: All these were principall men and auncient in the housholdes of their fathers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses.
King James Version (1611)
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fiftie and sixe. All these men were chiefe of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and their brethren according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six, all the men were heads of families according to the houses of their fathers.
English Revised Version
and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers [houses] by their fathers’ houses.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
bi her meynees; nyne hundrid sixe and fifti. Alle these weren princes of her kynredis by the housis of her fadris.
Update Bible Version
and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers' [houses] by their fathers' houses.
Webster's Bible Translation
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men [were] chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
New King James Version
and their brethren, according to their generations--nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of a father's house in their fathers' houses.
New Living Translation
These men were all leaders of clans, and they were listed in their genealogical records. In all, 956 families from the tribe of Benjamin returned.
New Life Bible
And there were their brothers by their families, 956 of them. All these were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses.
New Revised Standard
and their kindred according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these were heads of families according to their ancestral houses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and their brethren, by their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six, - all these men, were ancestral chiefs, to their ancestral house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their brethren by their families, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these were heads of their families, by the houses of their fathers.
Revised Standard Version
and their kinsmen according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these were heads of fathers' houses according to their fathers' houses.
Young's Literal Translation
And their brethren, according to their generations, [are] nine hundred and fifty and six. All these [are] men, heads of fathers, according to the house of their fathers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and their relatives according to their generations, 956. All these were heads of fathers' households according to their fathers' houses.

Contextual Overview

1 The names of all the Israelites were listed in their family histories. Those family histories were put in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel. The people of Judah were made prisoners and forced to go to Babylon. They were taken there because they were not faithful to God. 2 The first people to come back and live in their own lands and towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and servants who work in the Temple. 3 These are the people from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem: 4 Uthai was Ammihud's son. Ammihud was Omri's son. Omri was Imri's son. Imri was Bani's son. Bani was a descendant of Perez. Perez was Judah's son. 5 The Shilonites who lived in Jerusalem were Asaiah the oldest son and his sons. 6 The Zerahites who lived in Jerusalem were Jeuel and their relatives. There were 690 of them in all. 7 These are the people from the tribe of Benjamin who lived in Jerusalem: Sallu was Meshullam's son. Meshullam was Hodaviah's son. Hodaviah was Hassenuah's son. 8 Ibneiah was Jeroham's son. Elah was Uzzi's son. Uzzi was Micri's son. And Meshullam was Shephatiah's son. Shephatiah was Reuel's son. Reuel was Ibnijah's son. 9 The family history of Benjamin shows there were 956 of them living in Jerusalem. All these men were leaders in their families. 10 These are the priests who lived in Jerusalem: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jakin, and

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 23:3 - as the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
I will make a special agreement with you. You, your wife, your sons, and their wives will all go into the boat.
Genesis 9:7
"Have many children and fill the earth with your people."
Genesis 9:8
Then God said to Noah and his sons,
Genesis 9:9
"I now make my promise to you and to your people who will live after you.
Genesis 9:10
I make my promise to all the birds, and to all the cattle, and to all the animals that came out of the boat with you. I make my promise to every living thing on earth.
Genesis 9:11
This is my promise to you: All life on the earth was destroyed by the flood. But that will never happen again. A flood will never again destroy all life on the earth."
Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "This rainbow is proof of the agreement that I made with all living things on earth."
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.
Jeremiah 33:20
The Lord says, "I have an agreement with day and night. I agreed that they would continue forever. You cannot change that agreement. Day and night will always come at the right time. If you could change that agreement,
Romans 1:3
The Good News is about God's Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a human, he was born from the family of David, but through the Holy Spirit he was shown to be God's powerful Son when he was raised from death.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred amd fifty and six,.... Which was the number of the Benjaminites there resident put together, and which greatly exceeded that of Judah, 1 Chronicles 9:6

all these men were chief of the fathers, in the house of their fathers; principal men in the families of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, even all the seven before mentioned.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The discrepancy between the numbers here and in Nehemiah Nehemiah 11:8 may arise from corruption. So in 1 Chronicles 9:13, 1 Chronicles 9:22.


 
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