Tree of Life Version
1 Chronicles 1:7
7The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
1 Chronicles 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshishah, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Context of 1 Chronicles 1:7
5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tuval, Meshech and Tiras. 6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath and Togarmah. The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim. 8The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. 9The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca. The sons of Raama: Sheba and Dedan.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 11 Chronicles 1:7 word by word
וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה כִּתִּ֖ים וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:7
- Psalms 72:10May kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute, kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- Isaiah 66:19Then I will set up a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud (who pull the bow), to Tubal and Javan, to distant islands that have not heard My fame or seen My glory. Then they will declare My glory among the nations.
- Numbers 24:24Ships will come from Kittim’s shore. They will afflict Asshur and Eber, but they too will come to destruction.”
- Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Wail, ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed. There is no house and no harbor. From the land of Cyprus, it was revealed to them.
- Jeremiah 2:10Cross to the coasts of Kittim and see! Send to Kedar, and observe carefully. See if there has been anything like this.
- Ezekiel 27:6They made your oars from Bashan’s oaks. Of boxwood from the islands of Kittim they made your decks, inlaid with ivory.
- Daniel 11:30The ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent his rage against the holy covenant. When he returns, he will favor those who forsake the holy covenant.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The sons of Javan - "But the sons of Macedon, Alsu, and Tarsus, Ilation, and Dardania, or, according to others, Elisha, Alam, Titsas, Achzavia, and Dardania, Ridom, and Chamen, and Antioch." So says this Targum, which I shall henceforth designate by the letter T.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Dodanim - See the Genesis 10:4 note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1
- 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
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