1 Chronicles 6:43

1 Chronicles 6:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
• New International Version (NIV)the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;
• English Standard Version (ESV)son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:43

41the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah; 42the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei; the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch; 45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah;

1 Chronicles 6:43 word by word

בֶּן־יַ֥חַת בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם בֶּן־לֵוִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:43

• 1 Chronicles 6:20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son;
• 1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 23:6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Genesis 46:11And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Exodus 2:22And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land.
• Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
• Numbers 3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:43

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31-48Verses 31-48 The genealogies of David‘s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun. 1 Chronicles 6:32 They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:27-30; 2 Chronicles 35:15. 1 Chronicles 6:33 Heman - In general Asaph takes precedence of Heman and Jeduthun, but here Heman is placed first, because his family, that of the Kohathites, had the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-47This genealogy lists the lead singers from Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:33), Gershon (6:39), and Merari (6:44), the main Levitical families.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 6:43

• Gershon

In the dictionaries

• Levi
• Gershom
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Egypt
• Genealogy
• Gershon; Gershonites
• Jahath
• Phinees

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