English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 2:6
6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all.
Context of 1 Chronicles 2:6
4His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. 5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. 7The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing; 8and Ethan'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 slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of a father's house belonging to the Simeonites.
- 1 Kings 16:9But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah,
- 2 Kings 9:31And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?"
- 1 Chronicles 8:36Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri fathered Moza.
- 1 Chronicles 9:42And Ahaz fathered Jarah, and Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. And Zimri fathered Moza.
- Jeremiah 25:25all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
- 1 Kings 16:10Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
- Joshua 7:1But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.
- Joshua 7:17And he brought near the clans of Judah, and the clan of the Zerahites was taken. And he brought near the clan of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
- Joshua 7:18And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
- 1 Chronicles 2:8and Ethan's son was Azariah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:42son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,
- 1 Chronicles 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Kings 4:31For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
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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