1 Chronicles 2:6 BSB

1 Chronicles 2:6

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

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ASV

And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

KJV

And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the sons of Zerah,.... The other twin of Judah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all; the Targum calls them governors, and adds, on whom the spirit of prophecy dwelt; and in the Jewish chronology (n) they are said to prophesy in Egypt; and the four last are supposed to be the same with those in 1Ki 4:31. See Gill on 1Ki 4:31. (n) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 52.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The sons of Zerah - Here, for the first time, the writer of Chronicles draws from sources not otherwise known to us, recording facts not mentioned in the earlier Scriptures. Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, sons of Zerah, are only known to us from this passage, since there are no sufficient grounds for identifying them with the “sons of Mahol” (marginal reference).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara--These five are here stated to be the sons of Zerah, that is, of Ezra, whence they were called Ezrahites (1Ki 4:31). In that passage they are called "the sons of Mahol," which, however, is to be taken not as a proper name, but appellatively for "sons of music, dancing," &c.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְנֵ֣י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] sons of	H1121 →
זֶ֗רַח	Ze.rach	Zerah	H2226 →
זִ֠מְרִי	Zim.ri	Zimri	H2174 →
וְאֵיתָ֧ן	ve.'ei.Tan	and Ethan	H387 →
וְהֵימָ֛ן	ve.hei.Man	and Heman	H1968 →
וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל	ve.khal.Kol	and Kalkol	H3633 →
וָדָ֖רַע	va.Da.ra'	and Dara	H1873 →
כֻּלָּ֥ם	ku.Lam	all of them	H3605 →
חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ ס	cha.mi.Shah	[were] five	H2568 →

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Joshua 7:1
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…
leads to
- Joshua 22:20
  Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
- Ecclesiastes 9:18
  Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6–7
  The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.
- Joshua 22:18
  And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
- Joshua 7:20–21
  “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
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1 Kings 4:31
He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 15:19
  The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
- 1 Kings 3:12
  behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.
- Luke 11:31
  The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,…

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