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New Life Version

1 Chronicles 25:17

The tenth was Shimei. With his sons and brothers there were twelve.

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 Century Version
Tenth, twelve men were chosen from Shimei, his sons and relatives.
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 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 They drew names for their work, the young and old alike, also the teacher and the one who was taught. 9 These are how the names were drawn. First was Joseph the son of Asaph. The second was Gedaliah. Together with his brothers and sons, there were twelve. 10 The third was Zaccur. With his sons and brothers there were twelve. 11 The fourth was Izri. With his sons and brothers there were twelve. 12 The fifth was Nethaniah. With his sons and brothers there were twelve. 13 The sixth was Bukkiah. With his sons and brothers there were twelve. 14 The seventh was Jesharelah. With his sons and brothers there were twelve. 15 The eighth was Jeshaiah. With his sons and brothers there were twelve. 16 The ninth was Mattaniah. With his sons and brothers there were twelve. 17 The tenth was Shimei. With his sons and brothers there were twelve.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 25:3 - six

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
You will live many years, die in peace and be buried.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived 175 years.
Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham breathed his last and died, after living a long and full life of many good years, and was buried with his people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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