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Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 23:19

Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amariah;   Hebron;   Jahaziel;   Jekameam;   Jeriah;   Levites;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amariah;   Jahaziel;   Zacharias;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amariah;   Jahaziel;   Jekameam;   Jeriah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amariah;   Chronicles, Books of;   Jahaziel;   Jehaziel;   Jekameam;   Jeriah;   Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hebron (1);   Jahaziel;   Jekameam;   Jeriah;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amariah ;   Hebron ;   Jahaziel ;   Jekameam ;   Jeriah, Jerijah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - He'bron;   Jaha'zi-El;   Jakame'an;   Jeri'ah,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amariah;   Hebron (2);   Jahaziel;   Jekameam;   Jeriah;   Kohath;   Uzziel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amariah;   Hebron;   Kohath;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hebron’s sons: Jeriah was first, Amariah second, Jahaziel third, and Jekameam fourth.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Hevron: Yeriyahu the chief, Amaryah the second, Yachazi'el the third, and Yekam`am the fourth.
King James Version
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
English Standard Version
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
New Century Version
Hebron's first son was Jeriah, his second was Amariah, his third was Jahaziel, and his fourth was Jekameam.
New English Translation
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the oldest, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
World English Bible
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Hebron were Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the third, and Iekamiam the fourth.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Contemporary English Version
Hebron, the third son of Kohath, was the father of Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Hevron: Yeriyahu the chief, Amaryah the second, Yachzi'el the third and Y'kam‘am the fourth.
Darby Translation
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Easy-to-Read Version
Hebron's oldest son was Jeriah. Hebron's second son was Amariah. Jahaziel was the third son, and Jekameam was the fourth son.
George Lamsa Translation
The sons of Hebron: Joda his first-born, Amariah the second, Nahzaiel the third, and Nakmaiel the fourth.
Good News Translation
Kohath's third son, Hebron, had four sons: Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Literal Translation
Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Hebron were: Ieria the fyrst, Amaria the seconde, Iahasiel the thirde and Iakmeam ye fourth.
American Standard Version
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Bible in Basic English
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Hebron, Ieriahu the first, Amaria the seconde, Iahaziel the thirde, and Iermaam the fourth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
King James Version (1611)
Of the sonnes of Hebron, Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the third, and Iekamiam the fourth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
English Revised Version
The sons of Hebron; Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Ebron; `Jerian the firste, Amarias the secounde, Jaziel the thridde, Jethamaan the fourthe.
Update Bible Version
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jehaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
New King James Version
Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Hebron included Jeriah (the family leader), Amariah (the second), Jahaziel (the third), and Jekameam (the fourth).
New Life Bible
The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jehaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Hebron, Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jehaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Hebron: Jeri'ah the chief, Amari'ah the second, Jaha'ziel the third, and Jekame'am the fourth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.

Contextual Overview

1 And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel, 2 and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites; 3 and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand, 5 and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, `with instruments that I made for praising,' [saith David.] 6 And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei. 8 Sons of Laadan: the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9 Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan. 10 And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hebron: 1 Chronicles 23:12, 1 Chronicles 15:9, 1 Chronicles 24:23

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 26:30 - the Hebronites 1 Chronicles 26:31 - Jerijah

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou [art], and unto dust thou turnest back.'
Genesis 23:9
and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.'
Genesis 23:10
And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis 47:30
and I have lain with my fathers, and thou hast borne me out of Egypt, and buried me in their burying-place.' And he saith, `I -- I do according to thy word;'
Genesis 50:13
and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.
Genesis 50:25
And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this [place].'
Job 30:23
For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And [to] the house appointed for all living.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he [is] the untimely birth.'
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 19-21. Of the sons of Hebron,.... A third son of Kohath, 1 Chronicles 23:12,

Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth: of the sons of Uzziel; another son of Kohath, 1 Chronicles 23:12,

Micah the first, Jesiah the second: the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, Exodus 6:19,

the sons of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish: of whom see 1 Chronicles 24:28.


 
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