1 Chronicles 23:10

10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza,[a] Jeush and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

1 Chronicles 23:10 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
English Standard Version (ESV)
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
New Living Translation (NLT)
10 Four other descendants of Shimei were Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.
The Message Bible (MSG)
10 The four sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.
American Standard Version (ASV)
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
10 Shimei's sons were Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. They were Shimei's four sons.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
10 Shimei's sons: Jahath, Zizah, Jeush, and Beriah. Those were Shimei's sons-four.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
10 The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Ziza, Jeush and Beriah. The total number of the sons of Shimei was four.

1 Chronicles 23:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:10

And the sons of Shimei
The son of Gershon, and brother of Laadan, according to Kimchi, which seems right:

were Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these four were the sons of
Shimei;
descendants of his in the times of David.

1 Chronicles 23:10 In-Context

8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel—three in all.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
11 Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; so they were counted as one family with one assignment.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel—four in all.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also verse 11); most Hebrew manuscripts "Zina"
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