1 Kings 4:18
16 Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
19 Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
- KJV
- Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
- WEB
- Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
- ASV
- Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
- DARBY
- Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin.
- BLB
- Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
- ÅB
- Sime'i, sønn av Ela, i Benjamin;
- OTB
- Sjimi, var sønn av Ela, i Benjamin;
- B1930
- Sime'i, sønn av Ela, i Benjamin;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 1:8
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
Read in contextZechariah 12:13
the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,
Read in contextJoshua 18:20–28
On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
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