1 Chronicles 26:6

1 Chronicles 26:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
• New International Version (NIV)Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders in their father’s family because they were very capable men.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers' houses, for they were men of great ability.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Obed-edom’s son Shemaiah had sons with great ability who earned positions of great authority in the clan.

Context of 1 Chronicles 26:6

4Moreover the sons of Obed-Edom were Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him. Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born who governed their fathers’ houses, because they were men of great ability. 7The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers Elihu and Semachiah were able men. 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.

1 Chronicles 26:6 word by word

וְלִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה בְנוֹ֙ נוֹלַ֣ד בָּנִ֔ים הַמִּמְשָׁלִ֖ים לְבֵ֣ית אֲבִיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־גִבּ֥וֹרֵי חַ֖יִל הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also unto Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּshema‛yâh shema‛yâhû · ShemaiahH8098
• his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• bornיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• that ruledמִמְשָׁלmimshâl · dominionH4474
• throughout the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of their fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• of valourחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 26:6

• 1 Chronicles 26:8All 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.
• 2 Chronicles 26:17So Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the Lord—valiant men.
• Nehemiah 11:14and their brethren, mighty men of valor, were one hundred and twenty-eight. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men.
• 1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
• 2 Timothy 2:3You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 26:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6They were mighty men of valor - They were not only porters or door-keepers in the ordinary sense of the word, but they were a military guard for the gates: and perhaps in this sense alone we are to understand their office.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. mighty men of valour--The circumstance of physical strength is prominently noticed in this chapter, as the office of the porters required them not only to act as sentinels of the sacred edifice and its precious furniture against attacks of plunderers or popular insurrection--to be, in fact, a military guard--but, after the temple was built, to open and shut the gates, which were extraordinarily large and ponderous.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 26:6

• Obed-Edom
• Shemaiah

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• ObedEdom
• Shemaiah
• Adonijah
• David
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy
• Obed-Edom
• Port; Porter
• Temple

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