1 Chronicles 4:19
17 The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,
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- BSB
- The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
- KJV
- And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
- WEB
- The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
- ASV
- And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
- DARBY
- And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
- BLB
- And the sons of the wife of Hodiah the sister of Naham: The father of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
- ÅB
- Og sønnene av Hodijas hustru, Nahams søster, var Ke'ilas far, garmitten, og Estemoa, ma'akatitten.
- OTB
- Sønnene til Hodijas kone, søster til Naham, var:
forfaren til Keila, garmitten,
og Esjtemoa, ma'akatitten. - B1930
- Og sønnene av Hodijas hustru, Nahams søster, var Ke'ilas far, garmitten, og Estemoa, ma'akatitten.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
Read in context1 Samuel 23:1–13
Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
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