Tree of Life Version
1 Chronicles 6:43
43Hilen with its open land, Debir with its open land,
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
41but the fields of the city and the villages, they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 42To sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, also Libnah with its open land, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its open land, Hilen with its open land, Debir with its open land, 44Ashan with its open land, and Beth-shemesh with its open land. 45From the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its open land, and Alemeth with its open land, and Anathoth with its open land. They had 13 cities in all among their families.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:43 word by word
בֶּן־יַ֥חַת בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם בֶּן־לֵוִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:43
- 1 Chronicles 6:20son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,
- 1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 23:6David organized them into divisions: The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- Genesis 46:11Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- Exodus 2:22She gave birth to a son and he named him Gershom, saying, “I have been an outsider in a foreign land.”
- Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Numbers 3:17These were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, 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
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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
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