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 King James Version (NKJV)Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born who governed their fathers’ houses, because they were men of great ability.

Context of 1 Chronicles 26:6

4The sons of Obed-edom, also gatekeepers, were Shemaiah (the oldest), Jehozabad (the second), Joah (the third), Sacar (the fourth), Nethanel (the fifth), 5Ammiel (the sixth), Issachar (the seventh), and Peullethai (the eighth). God had richly blessed Obed-edom. Obed-edom’s son Shemaiah had sons with great ability who earned positions of great authority in the clan. 7Their names were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Their relatives, Elihu and Semakiah, were also very capable men. 8All of these descendants of Obed-edom, including their sons and grandsons—sixty-two of them in all—were very capable men, well qualified for their work.

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 of these descendants of Obed-edom, including their sons and grandsons—sixty-two of them in all—were very capable men, well qualified for their work.
• 2 Chronicles 26:17Azariah the high priest went in after him with eighty other priests of the Lord, all brave men.
• Nehemiah 11:14and 128 of his outstanding associates. Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
• 1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses.
• 2 Timothy 2:3Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

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