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1 Chronicles 2:6
1 Chronicles 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda—five in all.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.
Context of 1 Chronicles 2:6
4And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing. 8And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 21 Chronicles 2:6 word by word
וּבְנֵ֣י זֶ֗רַח זִ֠מְרִי וְאֵיתָ֧ן וְהֵימָ֛ן וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל וָדָ֖רַע כֻּלָּ֥ם חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:6
- Numbers 25:14Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
- 1 Kings 16:9And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
- 2 Kings 9:31And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
- 1 Chronicles 8:36And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
- 1 Chronicles 9:42And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
- Jeremiah 25:25And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
- 1 Kings 16:10And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
- Joshua 7:1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
- Joshua 7:17And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
- Joshua 7:18And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
- 1 Chronicles 2:8And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
- 1 Chronicles 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Kings 4:31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Five of them in all - "These were all chief men; and on them the spirit of prophecy rested." - T.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The sons of Zerah - Here, for the first time, the writer of Chronicles draws from sources not otherwise known to us, recording facts not mentioned in the earlier Scriptures. Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, sons of Zerah, are only known to us from this passage, since there are no sufficient grounds for identifying them with the “sons of Mahol” (marginal reference).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8For the family history of Zerah, compare Joshua 7:1, 17; 1 Kings 4:31 (Mahol might be another name for Zerah).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara--These five are here stated to be the sons of Zerah, that is, of Ezra, whence they were called Ezrahites (1Ki 4:31). In that passage they are called "the sons of Mahol," which, however, is to be taken not as a proper name, but appellatively for "sons of music, dancing," &c. The traditional fame of their great sagacity and acquirements had descended to the time of Solomon and formed a standard of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2
- 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
- EGW Writings
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