1 Chronicles 6:42

1 Chronicles 6:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
• New International Version (NIV)the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
• English Standard Version (ESV)son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,
• New King James Version (NKJV)the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:42

40the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

1 Chronicles 6:42 word by word

בֶּן־אֵיתָ֥ן בֶּן־זִמָּ֖ה בֶּן־שִׁמְעִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:42

• 1 Chronicles 6:21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
• 1 Chronicles 2:6And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
• 1 Chronicles 6:20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
• 2 Samuel 16:5And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:42

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31-48Verses 31-48 The genealogies of David‘s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun. 1 Chronicles 6:32 They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:27-30; 2 Chronicles 35:15. 1 Chronicles 6:33 Heman - In general Asaph takes precedence of Heman and Jeduthun, but here Heman is placed first, because his family, that of the Kohathites, had the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-47This genealogy lists the lead singers from Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:33), Gershon (6:39), and Merari (6:44), the main Levitical families.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-4816-48. The sons of Levi; 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.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:42

• Ethan
• Shimei

In the dictionaries

• Shimei
• Zimmah
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Egypt
• Ethan
• Genealogy
• Gershon; Gershonites
• Joah

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary