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New King James Version

1 Chronicles 6:19

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Mahli;   Mushi;   Thompson Chain Reference - Merari;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Johanan;   Merari;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Merari, Merarites;   Mushi;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gershom ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Mahli ;   Merari, Merarites ;   Mushi, Mushites ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mah'li;   Mer'ari, Mer'arites;   Mu'shi;   No'dab;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Merari;   Mushi;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eliab;   Heman;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Merari: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
King James Version
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
English Standard Version
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.
New Century Version
Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. This is a list of the family groups of Levi, listed by the name of the father of each group.
New English Translation
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites by their families.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
World English Bible
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Merari, Mahli & Mushi: and these are the families of Leui concerning their fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
Contemporary English Version
Merari was the father of Mahli and Mushi. These descendants of Levi each became leaders of their own clans.
Complete Jewish Bible
the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of Toach,
Darby Translation
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of Levi according to their fathers.
Easy-to-Read Version
Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. This is a list of the families in the tribe of Levi. They are listed with their fathers' names first:
George Lamsa Translation
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Moshi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
Good News Translation
and Merari was the father of Mahli and Mushi.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their ancestors.
Literal Translation
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The names of the children of Merari are: Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of the Leuites amonge their housholdes.
American Standard Version
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
Bible in Basic English
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites listed by the names of their fathers.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Merari: Mahali, and Musi: and these are the kinredes of Leui concerning their fathers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah;
King James Version (1611)
The sonnes of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Leuites, according to their fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Merari; Mooli and Musi: and these are the families of Levi, according to their families.
English Revised Version
The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their father’s [houses].
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Merari weren Moli, and Musi. Sotheli these weren the kynredis of Leuy bi the meynees of hem;
Update Bible Version
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these [are] the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. The following were the Levite clans, listed according to their ancestral descent:
New Life Bible
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their ancestry.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. And, these, are the families of Levi by their fathers:
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Merar'i: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these [are] families of the Levite according to their fathers;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.

Contextual Overview

1 Genesis 46:11">[xr] The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua; 5 Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi; 6 Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth; 7 Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; 8 Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz; 9 Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan; 10 Johanan begot Azariah (it was he who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem);

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mahli: 1 Chronicles 23:21, 1 Chronicles 24:26, Exodus 6:19, Mahali, Numbers 3:20, Numbers 26:57, Numbers 26:58

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:33 - General Joshua 21:5 - General 1 Chronicles 6:29 - Mahli 1 Chronicles 9:14 - of the sons 1 Chronicles 24:27 - sons 2 Chronicles 29:12 - of the sons Ezra 8:18 - Mahli Ezra 8:19 - Merari

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
Genesis 6:3
And the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not strive [fn] with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 6:9
This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:15
And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:16
You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Genesis 8:17
Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Psalms 36:6
Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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