Revised Webster's Bible
1 Chronicles 26:6
6Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
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
4Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. 7The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 8All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were sixty and two of Obededom.
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וְלִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה בְנוֹ֙ נוֹלַ֣ד בָּנִ֔ים הַמִּמְשָׁלִ֖ים לְבֵ֣ית אֲבִיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־גִבּ֥וֹרֵי חַ֖יִל הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 26:6
- 1 Chronicles 26:8All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were sixty and two of Obededom.
- 2 Chronicles 26:17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
- Nehemiah 11:14And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred and twenty and eight: and 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 thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
- 2 Timothy 2:3Thou therefore endure hardness, 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
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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
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