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1 Chronicles 2:6
6Zerah's five sons were: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara.
1 Chronicles 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda—five in all.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.
Context of 1 Chronicles 2:6
4Judah had sex with Er's widow, Tamar. She gave birth to two sons for Judah, Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father of five sons. 5Perez's sons were: Hezron and Hamul. Zerah's five sons were: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara. 7Carmi's son was Achar. Achar caused a lot of trouble for Israel. He took for himself things that belonged to God. 8Ethan's son was Azariah.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 21 Chronicles 2:6 word by word
וּבְנֵ֣י זֶ֗רַח זִ֠מְרִי וְאֵיתָ֧ן וְהֵימָ֛ן וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל וָדָ֖רַע כֻּלָּ֥ם חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:6
- Numbers 25:14The name of the man that Phinehas killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri. He was the son of Salu. Salu was the leader of a clan from the tribe of Simeon.
- 1 Kings 16:9Zimri was one of Elah's officers. He had authority over half of Elah's chariots. Zimri decided to kill King Elah. One day, Elah was in the home of a man called Arza, an officer who had authority over the king's palace in Tirzah. Elah was drinking too much wine and he became drunk.
- 2 Kings 9:31When Jehu came through the gate of the city, Jezebel called out to him, ‘Have you come as a friend, Zimri? No, you have murdered your master!’
- 1 Chronicles 8:36Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza.
- 1 Chronicles 9:42Ahaz became the father of Jadah. Jadah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza.
- Jeremiah 25:25all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media;
- 1 Kings 16:10Zimri came in to Arza's house. He hit Elah and he killed him. When this happened, Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. Zimri made himself king instead of Elah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4Judah had sex with Er's widow, Tamar. She gave birth to two sons for Judah, Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father of five sons.
- Joshua 7:1The Israelites did not obey what Joshua had said about the valuable things that belonged to God. Achan took some of these things for himself. He was Carmi's son, who was the son of Zimri, who was the son of Zerah. They were from the tribe of Judah. The Lord was very angry with the Israelites.
- Joshua 7:17Then clans of the tribe of Judah came, one clan at a time. The Lord chose Zerah's clan. Families from Zerah's clan then came, one family at a time. The Lord chose Zimri's family.
- Joshua 7:18Joshua then made each man from Zimri's family come, one by one. The Lord chose Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zimri, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:8Ethan's son was Azariah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:42Adaiah was Ethan's son. Ethan was Zimmah's son. Zimmah was Shimei's son.
- 1 Chronicles 15:17The Levites chose Joel's son Heman. They also chose Berekiah's son Asaph, who was a relative of Heman. And they chose Kushaiah's son Ethan, who belonged to Merari's clan.
- 1 Kings 4:31He was wiser than any other man. This includes Ethan the Ezrahite, as well as Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. Solomon was famous in all the nations around Israel.
- Psalms 89:1I will always sing about the Lord's faithful love. I will tell my children and my grandchildren that you are always faithful.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Five of them in all - "These were all chief men; and on them the spirit of prophecy rested." - T.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The sons of Zerah - Here, for the first time, the writer of Chronicles draws from sources not otherwise known to us, recording facts not mentioned in the earlier Scriptures. Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, sons of Zerah, are only known to us from this passage, since there are no sufficient grounds for identifying them with the “sons of Mahol” (marginal reference).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8For the family history of Zerah, compare Joshua 7:1, 17; 1 Kings 4:31 (Mahol might be another name for Zerah).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara--These five are here stated to be the sons of Zerah, that is, of Ezra, whence they were called Ezrahites (1Ki 4:31). In that passage they are called "the sons of Mahol," which, however, is to be taken not as a proper name, but appellatively for "sons of music, dancing," &c. The traditional fame of their great sagacity and acquirements had descended to the time of Solomon and formed a standard of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2
- 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
- EGW Writings
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