1 Chronicles 26:10

1 Chronicles 26:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
• New International Version (NIV)Hosah the Merarite had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him the first),
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief),
• New Living Translation (NLT)Hosah, of the Merari clan, appointed Shimri as the leader among his sons, though he was not the oldest.

Context of 1 Chronicles 26:10

8All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons and their brethren, able men with strength for the work: sixty-two of Obed-Edom. 9And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, eighteen able men. Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first), 11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 12Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, having duties just like their brethren, to serve in the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 26:10 word by word

וּלְחֹסָ֥ה מִן־בְּנֵי־מְרָרִ֖י בָּנִ֑ים שִׁמְרִ֤י הָרֹאשׁ֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־הָיָ֣ה בְכ֔וֹר וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ אָבִ֖יהוּ לְרֹֽאשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also Hosahחֹסָהchôsâh · HosahH2621
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Merariמְרָרִיmerârîy · MerariH4847
• Simriשִׁמְרִיshimrîy · ShimriH8113
• the chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• he was not the firstbornבְּכוֹרbekôr · firstbornH1060
• yet his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760

People and places in 1 Chronicles 26:10

• Hosah
• Merari
• Shimri

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 26:10

• 1 Chronicles 16:38and Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brethren, including Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be gatekeepers;
• 1 Chronicles 5:1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright;

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26:10

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Simri the chief ... though ... not the first-born--probably because the family entitled to the right of primogeniture had died out, or because there were none of the existing families which could claim that right.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 26:10

• Birthright
• Firstborn
• Hosah
• Shimri
• Simri

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• Simri
• Adonijah
• Birthright
• David
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy
• Heir
• Merari
• Port; Porter

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26

• 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