1 Chronicles 6:21
in 1 Chronicles 6Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
KJV
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe sons of Kohath, Amminadab,.... The same with Izhar, 1Ch 6:2 the posterity of his brethren, Amram, Hebron, and Uzziel, are omitted; and his genealogy is carried to a considerable length, for the sake of Samuel the prophet, who sprang from him: it stands thus, Korah, Assir, Elkanah, Ebiasaph, Assir, Tahath, Uriel, called Zephaniah, 1Ch 6:36 Uzziah, the same with Azariah, 1Ch 6:36. Shaul, whose name is Joel, 1Ch 6:36 then through the sons of Elkanah, before mentioned, Amasai, Ahimoth, called Mahath, 1Ch 6:35 another Elkanah, Zophai, or Zuph, 1Ch 6:
This site's exposition
Gershom, Kohath, and Merari
on 1 Chronicles 6:16-30
Kohath's branch is carried furthest, reaching Elkanah and Samuel. For Samuel's sons the Hebrew has Vashni, which Clarke and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read as a copied Hebrew phrase for and the second. Samuel's place in this family explains how a Levite living in Ephraim's hill country could judge Israel.
This site's exposition
Libni his son, Jahath his son
Gill matches these names with Asaph's descent in verses 41 to 43: Joah with Ethan, Iddo with Adaiah, and Jeatherai with Ethni. Zerah and Zimmah stand in both lists under the same names. Barnes reads the two as one line.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יוֹאָ֤ח | yoach | Joah | H3098 → | |
| בְּנוֹ֙ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עִדּ֣וֹ | ido | Iddo | H5714 → | |
| בְנ֔וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| זֶ֥רַח | zerach | Zerah | H2226 → | 21 times |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְאָתְרַ֥י | yeaterai | Jeatherai | H2979 → | |
| בְּנֽוֹ׃ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
יוֹאָ֤חJoah
yoachH3098 →
בְּנוֹ֙son his
benoH1121 →4930 times
עִדּ֣וֹIddo
idoH5714 →
בְנ֔וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
זֶ֥רַחZerah
zerachH2226 →21 times
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
יְאָתְרַ֥יJeatherai
yeateraiH2979 →
בְּנֽוֹ׃son his
benoH1121 →4930 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).