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1 Chronicles 2:7

AchanCarmi

5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

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BSB
The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
KJV
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
WEB
The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
ASV
And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
DARBY
And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.
BLB
And the son of Carmi: Achar troubler of Israel, who transgressed regarding the devoted thing.
ÅB
Og Karmis[^2] sønn var Akar[^3], som førte Israel i ulykke, fordi han bar seg troløst at med det bannlyste gods.
OTB
Karmis sønn var:
Akar, som brakte ulykke over Israel ved å bryte forbudet.
B1930
Og Karmis sønn var Akar, som førte Israel i ulykke, fordi han bar sig troløst at med det bannlyste gods. / < Karmi var sønn av Sabdi, 1KR 2, 7. JOS 7, 1.> / < kalles ellers Akan.>

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  • Joshua 6:18

    And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

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  • Joshua 7:25

    And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

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  • Joshua 22:20

    Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

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  • Joshua 7:1–5

    But 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.

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  • Joshua 7:11–15

    Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:26

    Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

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  • Deuteronomy 13:17

    And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

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  • 1 Chronicles 4:1

    The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

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