1 Chronicles 9:5

1 Chronicles 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Others returned from the Shilonite clan, including Asaiah (the oldest) and his sons.

Context of 1 Chronicles 9:5

3Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were: 4Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah. Of the Shelanites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. 6Of the Zerahites: Jeuel. The people from Judah numbered 690. 7Of the Benjamites: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

1 Chronicles 9:5 word by word

וּמִן־הַשִּׁ֣ילוֹנִ֔י עֲשָׂיָ֥ה הַבְּכ֖וֹר וּבָנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And of the Shilonitesשִׁילֹנִיshîylônîy shîylônîy shilônîy · ShiloniteH7888
• Asaiahעֲשָׂיָה‛ăώâyâh · AsaiahH6222
• the firstbornבְּכוֹרbekôr · firstbornH1060
• and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 9:5

• Numbers 26:20The descendants of Judah by their clans were: through Shelah, the Shelanite clan; through Perez, the Perezite clan; through Zerah, the Zerahite clan.
• Nehemiah 11:5and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Kol-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-9lived in Jerusalem: Jerusalem was always central to Israel. People from all tribes lived there, both before and after the exile in Babylon. This statement confirms that some members of the northern tribes returned from exile.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261Ch 9:1-26. Original Registers of Israel and Judah's Genealogies. 1. all Israel were reckoned by genealogies--From the beginning of the Hebrew nation, public records were kept, containing a registration of the name of every individual, as well as the tribe and family to which he belonged. "The book of the kings of Israel and Judah" does not refer to the two canonical books that are known in Scripture by that name, but to authenticated copies of those…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 9:5

• Asaiah
• Shelanites
• Shilonite

In the dictionaries

• Shilonite
• Abiasaph
• Asaiah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Maaseiah
• Shelah
• Dan

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 9

• 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