1 Chronicles 26:10
8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.
9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
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- BSB
- Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
- KJV
- Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
- WEB
- Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
- ASV
- Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),
- DARBY
- And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head;
- BLB
- And to Hosah of the sons of Merari [were] sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first),
- ÅB
- Sønnene til Hosa, som hørte til Meraris barn, var: Simri, overhodet - for vel var han ikke den førstefødte, men hans far satte ham til å være overhode -
- OTB
- Også Hosa, en av Meraris sønner, hadde sønner:
Sjimri den første (selv om han ikke var den førstefødte, gjorde hans far ham til den første), - B1930
- Sønnene til Hosa, som hørte til Meraris barn, var: Simri, overhodet - for vel var han ikke den førstefødte, men hans far satte ham til å være overhode -
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Cross references
1 Chronicles 16:38
And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
Read in context1 Chronicles 5:1–2
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
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