1 Chronicles 6:25

1 Chronicles 6:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:25

23Elkanah, Abiasaph, Assir, 24Tahath, Uriel, Uzziah, and Shaul. The descendants of Elkanah included Amasai, Ahimoth, 26Elkanah, Zophai, Nahath, 27Eliab, Jeroham, Elkanah, and Samuel.

1 Chronicles 6:25 word by word

וּבְנֵי֙ אֶלְקָנָ֔ה עֲמָשַׂ֖י וַאֲחִימֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Elkanahאֶלְקָנָה'elqânâh · ElkanahH511
• Amasaiעֲמָשַׂי‛ămâώay · AmasaiH6022
• and Ahimothאֲחִימוֹת'ăchîymôth · AhimothH287

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:25

• 1 Chronicles 6:35Zuph, Elkanah, Mahath, Amasai,
• Exodus 6:24The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Their descendants became the clans of Korah.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:25

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-30The second introduction of the Levites (1 Chronicles 6:16–19a) presents the leaders of all the Levitical families (6:19b–30). The list includes the family trees of: Gershon (1 Chronicles 6:20–21) Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:22–24) Merari (1 Chronicles 6:29–30)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-4816-48. The sons of Levi; Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:25

• Ahimoth
• Amasai
• Elkanah

In the dictionaries

• Amasai
• Abiasaph
• Ahimoth
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Egypt
• Genealogy
• Korah
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Mahath

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6

• 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