1 Chronicles 6:17

1 Chronicles 6:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
• New International Version (NIV)These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:17

15Jehozadak went into exile with the people from Jerusalem and the rest of Judah. The Lord used Nebuchadnezzar to take them away to Babylon. 16Levi's sons were: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. The names of Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei. 18Kohath's sons were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 19Merari's sons were: Mahli and Mushi. These are the ancestors of the clans of the Levites:

1 Chronicles 6:17 word by word

וְאֵ֛לֶּה שְׁמ֥וֹת בְּֽנֵי־גֵרְשׁ֖וֹם לִבְנִ֥י וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the namesשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Gershomגֵּרְשֹׁםgêreshôm · GershomH1647
• Libniלִבְנִיlibnîy · LibniH3845
• and Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshim‛îy · ShimeiH8096

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:17

• 1 Chronicles 23:7From Gershon's clan there were Ladan and Shimei.
• Numbers 3:18Gershon had two sons. Their names were Libni and Shimei.
• Exodus 6:17The sons of Gershon and their clans: Libni and Shimei.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:17

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-30The second introduction of the Levites (1 Chronicles 6:16–19a) presents the leaders of all the Levitical families (6:19b–30). The list includes the family trees of: Gershon (1 Chronicles 6:20–21) Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:22–24) Merari (1 Chronicles 6:29–30)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 6:17

• Gershon
• Laadan
• Libni
• Shimei

In the dictionaries

• Shimei
• Gershom
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Egypt
• Genealogy
• Gershon; Gershonites
• Libni
• Phinees

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