1 Chronicles 26:10 BSB

1 Chronicles 26:10

Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

BSB

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ASV

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),

KJV

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons,.... Who was a fellow porter of Obededom's at the ark, 1Ch 16:38. Simri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief); the firstborn being unfit for service, either through want of an intellectual capacity, or of strength of body, or through some defect or another; according to the Syriac version, he was dead; so some understand the words, he, the father, had no firstborn remaining or living.

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He was made chief, perhaps not in inheriting the estate (for that was forbidden by the law, Deut. xxi. 16, 17 ), but in this service, which required personal qualifications. The porters, as the singers, had their post assigned them by lot, so many at such a gate, and so many at such a one, that every one might know his post and make it good,

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְחֹסָ֥ה	u.le.cho.Sah	and [belonged] to Hosah	H2621 →
מִן־	min-	one of	H4480 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
מְרָרִ֖י	me.ra.Ri	Merari	H4847 →
בָּנִ֑ים	ba.Nim	sons	H1121 →
שִׁמְרִ֤י	shim.Ri	Shimri	H8113 →
הָרֹאשׁ֙	ha.roSh	the chief	H7218 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הָיָ֣ה	ha.Yah	he was	H1961 →
בְכ֔וֹר	ve.Khor	firstborn	H1060 →
וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ	vay.si.Me.hu	and he had appointed him	H7760 →
אָבִ֖יהוּ	'a.Vi.hu	father his	H1 →
לְרֹֽאשׁ׃	le.Rosh	to chief	H7218 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Chronicles 16:38
along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 13:14
  Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.
- 1 Chronicles 25:3
  From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 26:4–8
  And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

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