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1 Chronicles 6:43

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gershon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Psalms, book of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gershom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ethan;   Genealogy;   Gershon;   Jahath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gershon, Gershonites;   Jahath;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gershom ;   Jahath ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Merari, Merarites ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ger'shom;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Egypt;   Gershom;   Gershon;   Jahath;   Jeatherai;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Asylum;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
son of Jahath,
Hebrew Names Version
the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
King James Version
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
English Standard Version
son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
New Century Version
Shimei was Jahath's son. Jahath was Gershon's son, and Gershon was Levi's son.
New English Translation
son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
Amplified Bible
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
New American Standard Bible
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
World English Bible
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Leui.
Legacy Standard Bible
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Berean Standard Bible
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Complete Jewish Bible
Hilen with its surrounding open land, D'vir with its surrounding open land,
Darby Translation
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Easy-to-Read Version
Shimei was Jahath's son. Jahath was Gershon's son. Gershon was Levi's son.
George Lamsa Translation
The son of Joha, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.
Good News Translation
Jahath, Gershon, Levi.
Lexham English Bible
son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
Literal Translation
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gerson, the sonne of Leui.
American Standard Version
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Bible in Basic English
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gecsom, the sonne of Leui.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Hilen with the open land about it, Debir with the open land about it;
King James Version (1611)
The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Leui.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the son of Jeeth, the son of Gedson, the son of Levi.
English Revised Version
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sone of Geth, sone of Gerson, sone of Leuy.
Update Bible Version
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Webster's Bible Translation
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
New King James Version
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.
New Living Translation
Jahath, Gershon, and Levi.
New Life Bible
son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
New Revised Standard
son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi.
Revised Standard Version
son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
Young's Literal Translation
son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

Contextual Overview

31These are the persons David appointed to lead the singing in the house of God after the Chest was placed there. They were the ministers of music in the place of worship, which was the Tent of Meeting until Solomon built The Temple of God in Jerusalem. As they carried out their work, they followed the instructions given to them. 33These are the persons, together with their sons, who served by preparing for and directing worship: from the family of the Kohathites was Heman the choirmaster, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39Heman's associate Asaph stood at his right hand. Asaph was the son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea, the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malkijah, the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi. 44Of the sons of Merari, the associates who stood at his left hand, was Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 The rest of the Levites were assigned to all the other work in the place of worship, the house of God. 49 Aaron and his sons offered the sacrifices on the Altar of Burnt Offering and the Altar of Incense; they were in charge of all the work surrounding the Holy of Holies. They made atonement for Israel following the instructions commanded by Moses, servant of God. 50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jahath: 1 Chronicles 6:20

Gershom: 1 Chronicles 6:1, 1 Chronicles 6:16, 1 Chronicles 6:17, 1 Chronicles 6:20, 1 Chronicles 23:6, Genesis 46:11, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 6:16, Numbers 3:17, Gershon

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The genealogies of David’s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun.

1 Chronicles 6:32

They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:27-30; 2 Chronicles 35:15.

1 Chronicles 6:33

Heman - In general Asaph takes precedence of Heman and Jeduthun, but here Heman is placed first, because his family, that of the Kohathites, had the highest priestly rank, being the family which furnished the high priests (see 1 Chronicles 6:2-15).

Shemuel - i. e. “Samuel.” Our translators have here given the Hebrew, while elsewhere they give uniformlv the Greek, form of the name. We learn by this genealogy that Heman was Samuel’s grandson.

1 Chronicles 6:39

His brother Asaph - Not “brother” in the ordinary sense of the term, since Asaph was the son of Berachiah, and a Gershonite, not a Kohathite. “Brother” here may mean “fellow-craftsman” (compare 1 Chronicles 25:7).

1 Chronicles 6:44

Ethan - Or Jeduthun (see the margin). Corruption will scarcely account for the two forms of the name, since Ethan is used persistently up to a certain point 1 Chronicles 15:19, after which we have uniformly “Jeduthun.” The case seems to be rather one in which a new name was taken after a while, which thenceforth superseded the old. Compare Abraham, Sarah, Joshua, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, etc.


 
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