1 Chronicles 2:6

6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda^[a] —five in all.

1 Chronicles 2:6 in Other Translations

6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.

6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda —five in all.

6 Zerah had Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda - five sons.

6 Zerah's sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara-five in all.

1 Chronicles 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:6

And the sons of Zerah
The other twin of Judah:

Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara:
five of them in all; the Targum calls them governors, and adds, on whom the spirit of prophecy dwelt; and in the Jewish chronology ^F14 they are said to prophesy in Egypt; and the four last are supposed to be the same with those in ( 1 Kings 4:31 ) . (See Gill on 1 Kings 4:31).

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 52.

1 Chronicles 2:6 In-Context

4 Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.

5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda —five in all.

7 The son of Karmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.

8 The son of Ethan: Azariah.

Footnotes

• [a]. Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts "Dara"