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JPS Old Testament

1 Chronicles 20:7

And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Gath;   Goliath;   Jonathan;   Shammah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jonathan;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Shimea;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Jonathan;   Shimea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Giant;   Shammah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   Shimea, Shimeah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jon'athan,;   Shim'ea;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   Giants;   Heredity;   Jehonadab;   Jonathan (1);   Shammah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Giants;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;   Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
Hebrew Names Version
When he defied Yisra'el, Yonatan the son of Shim`a David's brother killed him.
King James Version
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
English Standard Version
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.
New Century Version
When he spoke against Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
New English Translation
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
Amplified Bible
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
New American Standard Bible
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
World English Bible
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother killed him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he reuiled Israel, Iehonathan the sonne of Shimea Dauids brother did slay him.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he reproached Israel, so Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.
Berean Standard Bible
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David's brother Shimei killed him.
Contemporary English Version
he made fun of Israel, so David's nephew Jonathan killed him.
Complete Jewish Bible
When he mocked Isra'el, Y'honatan the son of Shim‘a David's brother killed him.
Darby Translation
And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.
Easy-to-Read Version
So when that man made fun of Israel, Jonathan killed him. Jonathan was Shimea's son. Shimea was David's brother.
George Lamsa Translation
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea Davids brother slew him.
Good News Translation
He defied the Israelites, and Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shammah, killed him.
Lexham English Bible
And he taunted Israel, but Jehonathan son of Shimea, brother of David, struck him down.
Literal Translation
And he taunted Israel. And Jonathan the son of Shimea, the brother of David, killed him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Ionathas the sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him.
American Standard Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
Bible in Basic English
And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But when he defyed Israel, Iehonathan the sonne of Simea Dauids brother slue him.
King James Version (1611)
But when he defied Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shimea Dauids brother, slew him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he defied Israel, and Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him.
English Revised Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he blasfemyde Israel, and Jonathan, the sone of Samaa, brother of Dauid, killide hym.
Update Bible Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
Webster's Bible Translation
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, slew him.
New King James Version
So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, 2 Samuel 21:21 and Shammah in 1 Samuel 16:9">[fn] David's brother, killed him.
New Living Translation
But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimea.
New Life Bible
When he spoke against Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
New Revised Standard
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan, son of Shimea brother of David, smote him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He reviled Israel: but Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him.
Revised Standard Version
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shim'e-a, David's brother, slew him.
Young's Literal Translation
And he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.

Contextual Overview

4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giants; and they were subdued. 5 And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 6 And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born unto the giant. 7 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

defied: or, reproached, 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, Isaiah 37:23

Shimea: 1 Chronicles 2:13, Shimma, 1 Samuel 16:9, Shammah

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.'
Genesis 12:15
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 12:17
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: 'She is my sister.' And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: 'Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.'
Genesis 20:4
Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?
Genesis 20:5
Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'
Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 20:1".


 
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