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New Century Version

1 Chronicles 25:17

Tenth, twelve men were chosen from Shimei, his sons and relatives.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shimei;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Shimei, Shimeites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shimei ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Music;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shim'ei;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Music;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his relatives— 12
Hebrew Names Version
the tenth to Shim`i, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
King James Version
The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
English Standard Version
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
New English Translation
the tenth to Shimei and his sons and relatives—twelve in all,
Amplified Bible
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
New American Standard Bible
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
World English Bible
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
Geneva Bible (1587)
The tenth, to Shimei, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
Legacy Standard Bible
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
Berean Standard Bible
the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers-12 in all;
Complete Jewish Bible
the tenth to Shim‘i, his sons and brothers, twelve;
Darby Translation
The tenth to Shimei; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
Easy-to-Read Version
Tenth, there were 12 men chosen from Shimei's sons and relatives.
George Lamsa Translation
The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
Lexham English Bible
the tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
Literal Translation
The tenth was to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The tenth vpon Simei with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.
American Standard Version
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
Bible in Basic English
The tenth Shimei, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The tenth to Semei with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
King James Version (1611)
The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons and his brethren were twelue:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the tenth Semeia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
English Revised Version
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the tenthe to Semei, to his sones and britheren twelue;
Update Bible Version
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
Webster's Bible Translation
The tenth to Shimei, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
New King James Version
the tenth for Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
New Living Translation
The tenth lot fell to Shimei and twelve of his sons and relatives.
New Life Bible
The tenth was Shimei. With his sons and brothers there were twelve.
New Revised Standard
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The tenth to Semeias, to his sons and his brethren twelve.
Revised Standard Version
the tenth to Shim'e-i, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Young's Literal Translation
the tenth [to] Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

Contextual Overview

8 Everyone threw lots to choose the time his family was to serve at the Temple. The young and the old, the teacher and the student, had to throw lots. 9 First, the lot fell to Joseph, from the family of Asaph. Second, twelve men were chosen from Gedaliah, his sons and relatives. 10 Third, twelve men were chosen from Zaccur, his sons and relatives. 11 Fourth, twelve men were chosen from Izri, his sons and relatives. 12 Fifth, twelve men were chosen from Nethaniah, his sons and relatives. 13 Sixth, twelve men were chosen from Bukkiah, his sons and relatives. 14 Seventh, twelve men were chosen from Jesarelah, his sons and relatives. 15 Eighth, twelve men were chosen from Jeshaiah, his sons and relatives. 16 Ninth, twelve men were chosen from Mattaniah, his sons and relatives. 17 Tenth, twelve men were chosen from Shimei, his sons and relatives.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 25:3 - six

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
And you, Abram, will die in peace and will be buried at an old age.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived to be one hundred seventy-five years old.
Genesis 25:8
He breathed his last breath and died at an old age, after a long and satisfying life.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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