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Legacy Standard Bible

1 Chronicles 1:44

Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bela;   Edomites;   Genealogy;   Jobab;   King;   Shem;   Zerah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bela;   Bozrah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bozrah;   Idumaea;   Jobab;   Zerah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bela ;   Bozrah ;   Jobab ;   Zerah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Be'la;   Boz'rah;   Jo'bab;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bozrah;   Jobab;   Zerah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bela;   Bozrah;   Jobab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
Hebrew Names Version
Bela died, and Yovav the son of Zerach of Botzrah reigned in his place.
King James Version
And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
English Standard Version
Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
New Century Version
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became king. He was from Bozrah.
New English Translation
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him.
Amplified Bible
When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.
New American Standard Bible
When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.
World English Bible
Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Bela died, and Iobab the sonne of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Berean Standard Bible
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
Contemporary English Version
After Bela's death, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king.
Complete Jewish Bible
After Bela died, Yovav the son of Zerach from Botzrah took his place as king.
Darby Translation
And Bela died; and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Easy-to-Read Version
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became the new king. Jobab came from Bozrah.
George Lamsa Translation
And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Lexham English Bible
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
Literal Translation
And Bela died; and Jobab the son of Zerah reigned in his place from Bozrah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan Bela dyed, Iobab the sonne of Serah of Bosra was kynge in his steade.
American Standard Version
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Bible in Basic English
At his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Bela dyed, and Iobab the sonne of Zerah of Bozra raigned in his steade.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
King James Version (1611)
And when Bela was dead, Iobab the sonne of Zerah of Bosrah, reigned in his stead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Balac died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosorrha reigned in his stead.
English Revised Version
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Bale was deed; and Jobab, sone of Zare of Basra, regnyde for hym.
Update Bible Version
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when Bela was dead Jobab the son of Zera of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
New King James Version
And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
New Living Translation
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king in his place.
New Life Bible
When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.
New Revised Standard
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah succeeded him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Bela died, - and there reigned in his stead, Jobab son of Zerah, of Bozrah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Bale died, and Jobab the son of Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead.
Revised Standard Version
When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Young's Literal Translation
And Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrali;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.

Contextual Overview

28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. 29These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah; these were the sons of Ishmael. 32The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine, whom she bore, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan. 33The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. 34Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel. 35The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 36The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. 37The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bozrah: Isaiah 34:6, Isaiah 63:1, Jeremiah 49:13, Amos 1:12, Micah 2:12

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The slight differences favor the view, that the writer of Chronicles has here, as elsewhere, abridged from Genesis (see the marginal references).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 1:44. Bela was dead — "Being killed by Phineas, in the wilderness." - T.

Jobab the son of Zerah — Supposed by some to be the same as Job, whose book forms a part of the canon of Scripture. But in their names there is no similarity; Job being written איוב aiyob; Jobab, יובב yobab. See the notes on Job, and the parallel place in Genesis.


 
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