1 Chronicles 23:18

New King James Version

Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the first.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Izhar’s sons: Shelomith was first.

Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Yitzhar: Shelomit the chief.

King James Version
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

English Standard Version
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

New Century Version
Izhar's first son was Shelomith.

New English Translation
The son of Izhar: Shelomith the oldest.

Amplified Bible
The son of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

New American Standard Bible
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

World English Bible
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The sone of Izhar was Shelomith ye chiefe.

Legacy Standard Bible
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.

Contemporary English Version
The second son born to Kohath was Izhar, and his oldest son was Shelomith.

Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Yitz'har: Shlomit the chief.

Darby Translation
—The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head.

Easy-to-Read Version
Izhar's oldest son was Shelomith.

George Lamsa Translation
And the son of Izhar was Shelomith his first-born.

Good News Translation
Kohath's second son, Izhar, had a son, Shelomith, the head of the clan.

Lexham English Bible
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Literal Translation
Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the head.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Iezehar were: Salomith the fyrst.

American Standard Version
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Bible in Basic English
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Izahar, Selomith the chiefe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

King James Version (1611)
Of the sonnes of Izhar, Shelomith the chiefe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.

English Revised Version
The sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Isaar; `Salumuth the firste.

Update Bible Version
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Webster's Bible Translation
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

New Living Translation
The descendants of Izhar included Shelomith, the family leader.

New Life Bible
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the leader.

New Revised Standard
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Izhar, Shelomith the chief.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.

Revised Standard Version
The sons of Izhar: Shelo'mith the chief.

Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.

THE MESSAGE
Shelomith was the first son of Izhar. Hebron had four sons: Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam. Uzziel had two sons: Micah and Isshiah. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar died without any sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married the daughters. Mushi had three sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

Contextual Overview

¹ So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. ² And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. ³ Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand. ⁴ Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD, six thousand were officers and judges, ⁵ four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with musical instruments, "which I made," said David, "for giving praise." ⁶ Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ⁷ Of the Gershonites: Laadan Exodus 6:17">[fn] and Shimei. ⁸ The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel--three in all. ⁹ The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran--three in all. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Laadan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, 1 Chronicles 23:11).">[fn] Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shelomith: 1 Chronicles 24:22, Shelomoth, 1 Chronicles 26:26

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:19 - General 1 Chronicles 26:25 - Shelomith

Cross-References

Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:

Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, "Come aside, friend, [fn] sit down here." So he came aside and sat down.

Jeremiah 32:12
and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of the sons of Izhar,.... Another son of Kohath, the son of Levi, 1 Chronicles 23:12.

Shelomith the chief; the principal descendant of Izhar at this time.