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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

1 Chronicles 20:7

But, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan, son of Shimea brother of David, smote him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Gath;   Goliath;   Jonathan;   Shammah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jonathan;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Shimea;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Jonathan;   Shimea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Giant;   Shammah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   Shimea, Shimeah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jon'athan,;   Shim'ea;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   Giants;   Heredity;   Jehonadab;   Jonathan (1);   Shammah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Giants;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;   Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
Hebrew Names Version
When he defied Yisra'el, Yonatan the son of Shim`a David's brother killed him.
King James Version
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
English Standard Version
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.
New Century Version
When he spoke against Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
New English Translation
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
Amplified Bible
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
New American Standard Bible
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
World English Bible
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother killed him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he reuiled Israel, Iehonathan the sonne of Shimea Dauids brother did slay him.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he reproached Israel, so Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.
Berean Standard Bible
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David's brother Shimei killed him.
Contemporary English Version
he made fun of Israel, so David's nephew Jonathan killed him.
Complete Jewish Bible
When he mocked Isra'el, Y'honatan the son of Shim‘a David's brother killed him.
Darby Translation
And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.
Easy-to-Read Version
So when that man made fun of Israel, Jonathan killed him. Jonathan was Shimea's son. Shimea was David's brother.
George Lamsa Translation
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea Davids brother slew him.
Good News Translation
He defied the Israelites, and Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shammah, killed him.
Lexham English Bible
And he taunted Israel, but Jehonathan son of Shimea, brother of David, struck him down.
Literal Translation
And he taunted Israel. And Jonathan the son of Shimea, the brother of David, killed him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Ionathas the sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him.
American Standard Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
Bible in Basic English
And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But when he defyed Israel, Iehonathan the sonne of Simea Dauids brother slue him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
King James Version (1611)
But when he defied Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shimea Dauids brother, slew him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he defied Israel, and Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him.
English Revised Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he blasfemyde Israel, and Jonathan, the sone of Samaa, brother of Dauid, killide hym.
Update Bible Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
Webster's Bible Translation
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, slew him.
New King James Version
So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, 2 Samuel 21:21 and Shammah in 1 Samuel 16:9">[fn] David's brother, killed him.
New Living Translation
But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimea.
New Life Bible
When he spoke against Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
New Revised Standard
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He reviled Israel: but Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him.
Revised Standard Version
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shim'e-a, David's brother, slew him.
Young's Literal Translation
And he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.

Contextual Overview

4 And it came to pass, after this, that there was yet again a battle in Gezer, with the Philistines, - then, Sibbecai the Hushathite smote Sippai of the children of the giants, and they were subdued. 5 And there again came to be a battle with the Philistines, - and Elhanan son of Jair smote Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear, was like a weaver's beam. 6 And there again came to be war with Gath, - where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes, six on each hand and foot, were four and twenty, and, he also, had been born unto the giant. 7 But, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan, son of Shimea brother of David, smote him. 8 These, were born unto the giant in Gath, - but they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

defied: or, reproached, 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, Isaiah 37:23

Shimea: 1 Chronicles 2:13, Shimma, 1 Samuel 16:9, Shammah

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not cat of it, - for in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shelf die.
Genesis 12:15
And the princes of Pharaoh beheld her, and praised her unto Pharaoh, - so the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh;
Genesis 12:17
And Yahweh plagued Pharaoh with great plagues, also his house, - for the matter of Sarai, wife of Abram.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham brake up from thence, towards the land of the South, and fixed his dwelling between Kadesh and Shur, so he sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: My, sister, is she, - So Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:3
Then God went in unto Abimelech, in a dream of the night, - and said to him, Behold thee dead! because of the woman whom thou hast taken, seeing that, she, is a married woman.
Genesis 20:4
Now, Abimelech, had not come near unto her, - so he said, O My Lord! a nation even a righteous one, wilt thou slay?
Genesis 20:5
Had not, he himself, said to me, My sister, is she? and even she herself, said, My brother, is he? In the integrity of my heart and in the pureness of my hand, have I done this!
Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in a dream, I, also, knew, that in the integrity of thy heart, thou didst this, so then, even I myself, withheld thee from sinning against me, for this reason, have I not suffered thee to touch her.
Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What hast thou done to us? and wherein had I sinned against thee, that thou shouldst have brought in over me and over my kingdom, a sin so great? Deeds, which should not be done, hast thou done with me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 20:1".


 
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