1 Chronicles 1:16

1 Chronicles 1:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
• New International Version (NIV)Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

Context of 1 Chronicles 1:16

14the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 15the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 17The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

1 Chronicles 1:16 word by word

וְאֶת־הָאַרְוָדִ֥י וְאֶת־הַצְּמָרִ֖י וְאֶת־הַֽחֲמָתִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Arvaditeאַרְוָדִי'arvâdîy · ArvaditeH721
• and the Zemariteצְמָרִיtsemârîy · ZemariteH6786
• and the Hamathiteחֲמָתִיchămâthîy · HamathiteH2577

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:16

• Numbers 34:8from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad;
• 1 Kings 8:65At that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven more days—fourteen days.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The Zemarite - See Genesis 10:18 note. The inscriptions of the Assyrian monarch, Sargon, (720 B.C.) mention Zimira, which is joined with Arpad (Arvad); and there can be little doubt that it is the city indicated by the term “Zemarite.”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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 1:16

• Arvadites
• Canaanites
• Genealogy
• Ham
• Zemarites

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Island; Isle
• Semites, Semitic Religion
• Zemarite
• Arkite, the
• Arvad
• Hamathite, the
• Zemarite, the

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