1 Chronicles 4:27
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
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- BSB
- Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.
- KJV
- And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
- WEB
- Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn’t have many children, and all their family didn’t multiply like the children of Judah.
- ASV
- And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah.
- DARBY
- and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.
- BLB
- And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, and his brothers did not have many sons and did not multiply any of their clans as much as the sons of Judah.
- ÅB
- Og Sime'i hadde seksten sønner og seks døtre; men hans brødre hadde ikke mange sønner, så hele deres slekt ikke øktes så sterkt som Judas sønner.
- OTB
- Nå hadde Sjime'i seksten sønner og seks døtre,
men hans brødre hadde ikke så mange sønner,
heller ikke økte hele deres familie som Judas slekt. - B1930
- Og Sime'i hadde seksten sønner og seks døtre; men hans brødre hadde ikke mange sønner, så hele deres ætt ikke øktes så sterkt som Judas sønner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 26:14
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Read in contextNumbers 26:22
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
Read in contextNumbers 2:13
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Read in contextNumbers 2:4
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
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