1 Chronicles 4:27

1 Chronicles 4:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
• New International Version (NIV)Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.

Context of 1 Chronicles 4:27

25Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, neither did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah. 28They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, 29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

1 Chronicles 4:27 word by word

וּלְשִׁמְעִ֞י בָּנִ֨ים שִׁשָּׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ וּבָנ֣וֹת שֵׁ֔שׁ וּלְאֶחָ֕יו אֵ֖ין בָּנִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְכֹל֙ מִשְׁפַּחְתָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הִרְבּ֖וּ עַד־בְּנֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshim‛îy · ShimeiH8096
• had sixteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• had sixteenשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• but his brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• had not manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• neither did all their familyמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• multiplyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• like to the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:27

• Numbers 2:4and his army as numbered totaled 74,600.
• Numbers 26:14These are the families (clans) of the Simeonites, 22,200.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Neither did all their family multiply - In Numbers 1:23; the number of all the families of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred; and that of Judah was, Numbers 1:27, not less than seventy-four thousand six hundred. When the next census was made, Num. 26, the tribe of Judah amounted to seventy-six thousand five hundred, an increase of one thousand nine hundred; while the tribe of Simeon amounted only to twenty-two thousand two hundred, a decrease…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-43Simeon was Jacob’s second son. His tribe's land was in southern Judah (Joshua 19:1–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. his brethren had not many children--(see Nu 1:22; 26:14).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 4:27

• Shimei
• Simeon

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• Simeon, The tribe of
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings