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1 Chronicles 1:7
7Javan's sons were: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people.
1 Chronicles 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshishah, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Context of 1 Chronicles 1:7
5Japheth's sons were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. 6Gomer's sons were: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. Javan's sons were: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people. 8Ham's sons were: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. 9Cush's sons were: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca. Raamah's sons were: Sheba and Dedan.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 11 Chronicles 1:7 word by word
וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה כִּתִּ֖ים וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:7
- Psalms 72:10Kings from Spain and from other far places will pay taxes to him. Kings from Sheba and from Seba will bring gifts to him.
- Isaiah 66:19I will do a great thing among them, to show them my power. I will send some of the people who are still alive to other nations. They will go to: Tarshish, Libya, Lydia (where their soldiers shoot arrows very well), Tubal, Greece, and lands far away, where people have never heard about me and they do not know how great I am. Those people will tell other nations about my great glory.’
- Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the coast of Cyprus island. Their soldiers will attack Assyria and Eber. Then God will destroy them too.’
- Isaiah 23:1This is a message about Tyre. Weep aloud, you people in the great ships of Tarshish. An enemy has destroyed the port and the houses of Tyre. They heard this news in Cyprus.
- Jeremiah 2:10No other nation has done what you have done! Send people across the sea to islands in the west. Or send them to the deserts in the east. Let them find out if any other people have done this terrible thing.
- Ezekiel 27:6They used oak trees from Bashan to make your oars. They used pine wood from the coasts of Cyprus to make your deck. They made it beautiful with ivory.
- Daniel 11:30People will come in ships from the west to attack him. He will be afraid and he will turn back. He will be angry as he travels home. So he will cause more trouble for the people who obey God's covenant. He will give honour to those people who turn away from the holy covenant.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The sons of Javan - "But the sons of Macedon, Alsu, and Tarsus, Ilation, and Dardania, or, according to others, Elisha, Alam, Titsas, Achzavia, and Dardania, Ridom, and Chamen, and Antioch." So says this Targum, which I shall henceforth designate by the letter T.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Dodanim - See the Genesis 10:4 note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1
- 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
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