1 Chronicles 4:27

1 Chronicles 4:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had large families. So Simeon’s tribe never grew as large as the tribe of Judah.

Context of 1 Chronicles 4:27

25Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son. 26The descendants of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son and Shimei his son. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. 28They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

1 Chronicles 4:27 word by word

וּלְשִׁמְעִ֞י בָּנִ֨ים שִׁשָּׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ וּבָנ֣וֹת שֵׁ֔שׁ וּלְאֶחָ֕יו אֵ֖ין בָּנִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְכֹל֙ מִשְׁפַּחְתָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הִרְבּ֖וּ עַד־בְּנֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshim‛îy · ShimeiH8096
• had sixteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• had sixteenשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• but his brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• had not manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• neither did all their familyמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• multiplyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• like to the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:27

• Numbers 2:4His division numbers 74,600.
• Numbers 26:14These were the clans of Simeon; those numbered were 22,200.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Neither did all their family multiply - In Numbers 1:23; the number of all the families of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred; and that of Judah was, Numbers 1:27, not less than seventy-four thousand six hundred. When the next census was made, Num. 26, the tribe of Judah amounted to seventy-six thousand five hundred, an increase of one thousand nine hundred; while the tribe of Simeon amounted only to twenty-two thousand two hundred, a decrease…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-43Simeon was Jacob’s second son. His tribe's land was in southern Judah (Joshua 19:1–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. his brethren had not many children--(see Nu 1:22; 26:14).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 4:27

• Shimei
• Simeon

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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings