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1 Chronicles 4:7

The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ethnan;   Jezoar;   Zereth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zohar;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Helah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ethnan;   Jezoar;   Zereth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ashhur;   Ethnan;   Helah;   Izhar;   Jezoar;   Zereth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ethnan;   Helah;   Izhar;   Tekoa;   Zereth;   Zohar;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ethnan ;   Jezoar ;   Zereth ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eth'nan;   Jez'o-Ar;   Ze'reth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ethnan;   Helah;   Izhar;   Zereth;   Zohar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Miriam;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Helah’s sons: Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Hel'ah were Tzeret, Tzochar, and Etnan.
King James Version
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
English Standard Version
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
New Century Version
Helah's sons were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
Amplified Bible
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
World English Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Heleah were Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan,
Contemporary English Version
Ashhur and Helah were the parents of Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Hel'ah were Tzeret, Tzochar and Etnan.
Darby Translation
And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, and Koz.
George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth and Jezoar and Ethnan.
Good News Translation
Ashhur and Helah had three sons: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Hellea were: Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Helah, were: Zereth, Iezoar, and Ethuan.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Helah were: Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Haala weren Sereth, Isaar, and Ethan.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Helah [were], Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
New King James Version
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;
New Living Translation
Helah gave birth to Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan,
New Life Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Helah, were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

Contextual Overview

1 The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2 Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites. 3 These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi. 4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem. 5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, 8 and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, "I experienced pain when I gave birth to him." 10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, "If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!" God answered his prayer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you."
Genesis 4:6
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?
Genesis 4:8
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Genesis 4:9
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?"
Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Genesis 4:11
So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."
Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "My punishment is too great to endure!
Genesis 19:21
"Very well," he replied, "I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.
Numbers 32:23
"But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord . And know that your sin will find you out.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Helah,....] The other wife:

were Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan: nowhere else mentioned.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 4:7. And Ethnan. — After this word we should, with the Targum, read Coz, whose posterity is mentioned in the next verse. Coz was probably the same as Kenaz.


 
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