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Updated Bible Version

1 Chronicles 26:9

And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Meshelemiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Meshelemiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Shallum;   Shelemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammiel;   Chronicles, I;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Nethinim;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Meshelemiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Meshelemi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Korahites;   Kore;   Meshelemiah;   Shallum (1);   Valiant;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Meshelemiah also had sons and relatives who were capable men—eighteen.
Hebrew Names Version
Meshelemyah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
King James Version
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
English Standard Version
And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen.
New Century Version
Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were skilled workers. In all, there were eighteen.
New English Translation
Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were respected—eighteen in all.
Amplified Bible
Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, eighteen courageous men.
New American Standard Bible
Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, eighteen valiant men.
World English Bible
Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And of Meshelemiah sonnes and brethren, eighteene mightie men.
Legacy Standard Bible
Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, eighteen men of valor.
Berean Standard Bible
Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men-18 in all.
Contemporary English Version
Eighteen descendants of Meshelemiah were chosen for this work.
Complete Jewish Bible
Meshelemyahu had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
Darby Translation
—And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, men of valour, eighteen.
Easy-to-Read Version
Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were powerful men. In all there were 18 sons and relatives.
George Lamsa Translation
And Meshelemiahs eldest son had sons, mighty men, eighteen.
Good News Translation
Meshelemiah's family furnished eighteen qualified men.
Lexham English Bible
And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen.
Literal Translation
And to Meshelemiah were sons and brothers, mighty sons: eighteen.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Meselemia had children and brethren which were stronge men, euen eightene.
American Standard Version
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.
Bible in Basic English
Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, eighteen able men.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Meselemiahu had sonnes and brethren, actiue men, eyghteene.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.
King James Version (1611)
And Meshelemiah had sonnes and brethren, strong men, eighteene.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Mosellemia had eighteen sons and brethren, mighty men.
English Revised Version
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli of Mellesemeye, the sones and britheren, ful stronge, `weren eiytene.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
New King James Version
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, eighteen able men.
New Living Translation
Meshelemiah's eighteen sons and relatives were also very capable men.
New Life Bible
Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, eighteen strong and able men.
New Revised Standard
Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Meshelemiah, had sons, and brethren, sons of valour, eighteen.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen.
Revised Standard Version
And Meshelemi'ah had sons and brethren, able men, eighteen.
Young's Literal Translation
And to Meshelemiah [are] sons and brethren, sons of valour, eighteen;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, 18 valiant men.

Contextual Overview

1 For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph. 2 And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. 6 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor. 7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 8 All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom. 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen. 10 Also Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he wasn't the first-born, yet his father made him chief),

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Meshelemiah: 1 Chronicles 26:1, 1 Chronicles 26:14

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen,.... He had seven sons, 1 Chronicles 26:1 and therefore must have eleven brethren or kinsmen.


 
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