1 Chronicles 27:11
9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abi-ezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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- BSB
- The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- KJV
- The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- WEB
- The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
- ASV
- The eighth [captain] for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- DARBY
- The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- BLB
- The eighth, for the eighth month, [was] Sibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites, and in his division [were] twenty-four thousand.
- ÅB
- Den åttende, som gjorde tjeneste i den åttende måned, var husatitten Sibbekai av serahittenes slekt, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.
- OTB
- Sibbekai, husjatitten, fra Serahittene, var den åttende for den åttende måneden;
og i hans divisjon var det 24 000. - B1930
- Den åttende, som gjorde tjeneste i den åttende måned, var husatitten Sibbekai av serahittenes ætt, og til hans hær-deling hørte fire og tyve tusen mann.
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Cross references
2 Samuel 21:18
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:29
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
Read in contextNumbers 26:20
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
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