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1 Chronicles 1:7
7The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
1 Chronicles 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshishah, Kittim, and Rodanim.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Context of 1 Chronicles 1:7
5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras. 6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. 8The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan. 9The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 11 Chronicles 1:7 word by word
וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה כִּתִּ֖ים וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:7
- Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores bring tribute to him. May the kings of Sheba and Seba present him gifts.
- Isaiah 66:19“I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations.
- Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus; they will subdue Ashur and Eber, but they too will come to ruin.”
- Isaiah 23:1A prophecy against Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.
- Jeremiah 2:10Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:
- Ezekiel 27:6Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of cypress wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
- Daniel 11:30Ships of the western coastlands will oppose him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent his fury against the holy covenant. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The sons of Javan - "But the sons of Macedon, Alsu, and Tarsus, Ilation, and Dardania, or, according to others, Elisha, Alam, Titsas, Achzavia, and Dardania, Ridom, and Chamen, and Antioch." So says this Targum, which I shall henceforth designate by the letter T.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Dodanim - See the Genesis 10:4 note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1
- 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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