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King James Version (1611 Edition)

1 Chronicles 2:16

Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sonnes of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Ioab, and Asahel, three.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abigail;   Abishai;   Asahel;   Jesse;   Joab;   Zeruiah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Joab;   Zeruiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Abishai;   Nahash;   Zeruiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abishai;   Nahash;   Zeruiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Amasa;   Chronicles, the Books of;   David;   Jarha;   Nahash;   Tehinnah;   Zeruiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Abishai;   Amasa;   Joab;   Nahash;   Zeruiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abigail,;   Abishai;   Chronicles, I;   Genealogy;   Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Joab;   Judah;   Nahash;   Perez;   Shammah;   Zeruiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abigail ;   Hezron ;   Jerahmeel ;   Nahash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abishai;   David;   Joab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abisha'i,;   Ab'ner;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abigail;   Asahel;   Nahash;   Zeruiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abigail;   Abishai;   Asahel;   Judah;   Nahash;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
Hebrew Names Version
and their sisters were Tzeru'yah and Avigayil. The sons of Tzeru'yah: Avishai, and Yo'av, and `Asa'el, three.
King James Version
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
English Standard Version
And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
New Century Version
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
New English Translation
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.
Amplified Bible
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
New American Standard Bible
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.
World English Bible
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sonnes of Zeruiah, Abishai, & Ioab, and Asahel.
Legacy Standard Bible
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.
Berean Standard Bible
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
Contemporary English Version
Jesse also had two daughters: Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah was the mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
Complete Jewish Bible
and their sisters Tz'ruyah and Avigayil. The sons of Tz'ruyah: Avshai, Yo'av and ‘Asah'el, three of them.
Darby Translation
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
George Lamsa Translation
Whose sisters were Zuriah and Abigail. And the sons of Zuriah: Abishai, Joab, and Ashail, three.
Good News Translation
He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail. Jesse's daughter Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
Lexham English Bible
And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
Literal Translation
Their sisters: Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, and Joab and Asahel, three.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And their sisters were Zeruia & Abigail. The childre of Zeruia are these thre: Abisai, Ioab & Asahel.
American Standard Version
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Bible in Basic English
And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whose sisters were Zeruia and Abigail. The sonnes of Zeruia: Abisai, Ioab, and Azael, three.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their sister was Saruia, and another Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia were Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three.
English Revised Version
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the seuenthe, Dauyd; whose sistris weren Saruya, and Abigail. The sones of Saruye weren thre, Abisai, Joab, and Asahel.
Update Bible Version
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
New King James Version
Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel--three.
New Living Translation
Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
New Life Bible
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abshai, Joab and Asahel.
New Revised Standard
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, their sisters, were Zeruiah and Abigail, - and, the sons of Zeruiah, Abishai and Joab and Asahel, three,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their sisters were Sarvia, and Abigail. The sons of Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three.
Revised Standard Version
and their sisters were Zeru'iah and Ab'igail. The sons of Zeru'iah: Abi'shai, Jo'ab, and As'ahel, three.
Young's Literal Translation
and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El -- three.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai, Joab and Asahel.

Contextual Overview

1 These are the sonnes of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Ioseph, and Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 The sonnes of Iudah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah. Which three were borne vnto him, of the daughter of Shua the Canaanites. And Er the first-borne of Iudah, was euill in the sight of the Lord, and he slue him. 4 And Tamar his daughter-in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah. All the sonnes of Iudah were fiue. 5 The sonnes of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the sonnes of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara. Fiue of them in all. 7 And the sonnes of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8 And the sonnes of Ethan: Azariah. 9 The sonnes also of Hezron, that were borne vnto him: Ierahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begate Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Iudah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the sons of: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:18-23, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 16:9-11, 2 Samuel 19:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:11 - Levi 2 Samuel 2:13 - Joab 2 Samuel 14:1 - Joab 2 Samuel 17:25 - Ithra 2 Samuel 19:13 - Amasa 2 Samuel 23:18 - Abishai 1 Chronicles 11:20 - Abishai 1 Chronicles 18:12 - Moreover

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them.
Genesis 2:2
And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, which he had made.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow euery tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euill.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, then the fat of rammes.
1 Timothy 4:4
For euery creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing:
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they bee not high minded, nor trust in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, who giueth vs richly all things to enioy,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail..... That is, sisters of David:

and the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three; all valiant men and captains in David's army; their father's name is nowhere mentioned.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sisters - i. e. half-sisters. Abigail and Zeruiah were daughters not of Jesse, but of a certain Nahash, whose widow Jesse took to wife 2 Samuel 17:25.

From the present passage, and from the fact that Abishai joined David as a comrade in arms before Joab 1 Samuel 26:6, it would seem that, although Joab was pre-eminent among the three 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:16, Abishai was the eldest.


 
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