God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 6:43
43who was the son of Jahath, who was the son of Gershom, who was the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles 6:43 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
- New International Version (NIV)the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;
- English Standard Version (ESV)son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
- New King James Version (NKJV)the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:43
41who was the son of Ethni, who was the son of Zerah, who was the son of Adaiah, 42who was the son of Ethan, who was the son of Zimmah, who was the son of Shimei, who was the son of Jahath, who was the son of Gershom, who was the son of Levi. 44On the left was Ethan, one of Heman’s relatives descended from Merari. Ethan was the son of Kishi, who was the son of Abdi, who was the son of Malluch, 45who was the son of Hashabiah, who was the son of Amaziah, who was the son of Hilkiah,
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:43 word by word
בֶּן־יַ֥חַת בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם בֶּן־לֵוִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:43
- 1 Chronicles 6:20Gershom’s son was Libni. Libni’s son was Jahath. Jahath’s son was Zimmah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 23:6David organized the Levites into divisions based on which of Levi’s sons (Gershon, Kohath, or Merari) they were descended from.
- Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exodus 2:22She gave birth to a son. Moses named him Gershom [Foreigner], because he said, “I was a foreigner living in another country.”
- Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi listed in birth order: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Numbers 3:17Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were the sons of Levi.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:43
- 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
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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
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