1 Chronicles 6:25

1 Chronicles 6:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:25

23Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son, 24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son and Shaul his son. The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth. 26As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son and Nahath his son, 27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

1 Chronicles 6:25 word by word

וּבְנֵי֙ אֶלְקָנָ֔ה עֲמָשַׂ֖י וַאֲחִימֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Elkanahאֶלְקָנָה'elqânâh · ElkanahH511
• Amasaiעֲמָשַׂי‛ămâώay · AmasaiH6022
• and Ahimothאֲחִימוֹת'ăchîymôth · AhimothH287

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:25

• 1 Chronicles 6:35the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
• Exodus 6:24The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:25

• 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 6:25

• Ahimoth
• Amasai
• Elkanah

In the dictionaries

• Amasai
• Abiasaph
• Ahimoth
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Egypt
• Genealogy
• Korah
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Mahath

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