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1 Chronicles 26:10

1 Chronicles 26:10 is verse 10 of 1 Chronicles chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

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King James Version

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;)

World English Bible

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),

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1 Chronicles 26:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.

9 Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men—18 in all.

10 Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.

12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.

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Hebrew words

וּלְחֹסָ֥הand [belonged] to Hosah מִןone of בְּנֵי[the] descendants of מְרָרִ֖יMerari בָּנִ֑יםsons שִׁמְרִ֤יShimri הָרֹאשׁ֙the chief כִּ֣יfor לֹאnot הָיָ֣הhe was בְכ֔וֹרfirstborn וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּand he had appointed him אָבִ֖יהוּfather his לְרֹֽאשׁto chief

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Chronicles 16:38
along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

1 Chronicles 5:1
These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.

1 Chronicles 5:2
And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

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