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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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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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;)
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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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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 26:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 16:38 and Obed-Edom with their brothers, sixty-eight; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
- 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the birthright. For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari,…
1Ch 26:10 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;)
Ver. 10. Yet his father made him the chief.] Not in the right of first born, but in his office of a warder. {a}
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{a} Jun.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Taking away the birthright from the first-born, either absolutely…
Taking away the birthright from the first-born, either absolutely for some gross miscarriage, as Gen 49:4; or only in this respect, because he wanted either strength or valour, or some other qualification necessary for his office.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth;…
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. Four sons, and nine brethren or kinsmen.
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. Four sons, and nine brethren or kinsmen.
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ch1 26:12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men,.... These before named were the principal men of the porters, among which was a division or distribution of them into classes or courses, in which they served weekly in turn:
having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord; meaning either to watch in, as on the north against the south, and the east against the west, and "vice versa". The Jews say (t), the priests kept ward in three places in the house of the sanctuary; in the house of Abtines, in the house of Nitzotz, and in the house of Moked; and the Levites in twenty one places, five at the five gates of the mountain of the house, four at the four corners of it within, five at the five gates of the court, four at the four corners of it without, one at the chamber of the offering, one at the chamber of the vail, and another behind the house of atonement, the holy of holies; but rather the sense is, that they had wards or courses answerable to those of the priests, and the other Levites, the singers, and were distributed into twenty four classes or courses as they, which are thus reckoned by Kimchi; at the east six, at the north four, at the south four, at Asuppim two and two, which were four, at the west four, and at Parbar two; lo, twenty four; see Ch1 26:17.
(t) Misn. Middot, c. 1. sect. 1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Made him the chief - Not in inheriting the…
Made him the chief - Not in inheriting the estate; (this was forbidden by the law) but in this service, for which he was better qualified than his elder brother.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 26:10. His father made him the chief —…
1Ch 26:10. His father made him the chief — Not in inheriting the estate, (this was forbidden by the law,) but in this service, for which he was better qualified than his elder brother.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain He had not a first-born. That is, his first-born…
He had not a first-born. That is, his first-born was either dead or not fit to be chief, and therefore he made Semri the chief, (Worthington; Challoner) who was the second son (Tirinus) of Hosa. Hebrew, "for, or though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief." Septuagint add, "of the second division," but without reason, as they interpret, "keeping the command," instead of Semri, the chief, which leaves us without a proper name. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Simri the chief . . . though . .…
Simri the chief . . . though . . . not the first-born--probably because the family entitled to the right of primogeniture had died out, or because there were none of the existing families which could claim that right.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. Hosah] He is mentioned as a doorkeeper along…
10. Hosah] He is mentioned as a doorkeeper along with Obed-edom in 1Ch_16:38.
Simri] R.V. Shimri.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Also Hosah, of the children of Merari.—Four chiefs…
(10) Also Hosah, of the children of Merari.—Four chiefs of the sons of Hosah are named, and thirteen assigned as the total number of families belonging to this clan (1Ch_26:10-11). Adding them to the 18 of Meshelemiah and the 62 of Obed-edom, we get a total of 93 principal porters, presiding over the 4,000 Levites appointed to that work (1Ch_23:5).
Simri (Shimri) the chief (for though he was not his firstborn . . .).—This may mean either that the oldest family had died out, or that none of these families could prove its seniority to the rest.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 10, 11. The porters from the descendants of…
Vers. 10, 11. The porters from the descendants of Merari are given in these two verses, in all thirteen. Hosah, it will be remembered, is found together with Obed-edom in 1Ch_16:38, as one of the porters of the the ark. These thirteen bring up the number of porters to ninety-three. We have read (1Ch_9:22) that later the number became two hundred and twelve. Though yet. The likelier translation of the Hebrew would be, For there was not a firstborn (i.e. the issue of the firstborn had failed, and his line was therefore extinct), and his father made him the chief. Moreover, it is but probable that, if it had been a case of superseding the firstborn, the fact would not have been stated without an explanation of what had led to it or justified it.
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This continues the list of gatekeepers which started in 1 Chronicles 26:1.
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Hosah ... Merari ... Shimri ... Hilkiah ... Tabaliah ... Zechariah
These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
the second ... the third ... the fourth
This shows the order in which the sons were born. If it is more natural in your language, you may say "the next" for each son. (See: Ordinal Numbers)
All of Hosah's sons and kinsmen were thirteen in number
"There were 13 of Hosah's sons and kinsmen." (See: Numbers)
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