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 along when the Lord led Judah and Jerusalem into exile by Nebuchadnezzar. 16The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.

1 Chronicles 6:17 word by word

וְאֵ֛לֶּה שְׁמ֥וֹת בְּֽנֵי־גֵרְשׁ֖וֹם לִבְנִ֥י וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• are 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 23:7Of the Gershonites there were Ladan and Shimei.
• Numbers 3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;
• Exodus 6:17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

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