Ver. 4,5. Moreover, the sons of Obededom The same at whose house the ark was, before it was brought by David to Zion; his sons were porters also, as himself, ( 1 Chronicles 15:24 ) ( 16:38 ) , mention is made of eight sons of his, according to their birth: Shemaiah, Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethaneel, Ammiel, Issachar, Peulthai; for God blessed him; as with wealth and riches, so with a numerous offspring, and that because of his entertainment of the ark at his house; the great increase of his family is aggravated by the Jews FOOTNOTES:
F17 beyond all credit, that all in his family brought eight at a birth; the Targum here makes them eighty two in all. F17 Hieron. Trad. Heb. in 2. Reg. fol. 77. M.
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And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
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Elam the fifth, Jehohana the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
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And Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
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Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.
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And to Shemaiah his son were sons born who [were] rulers in the house of their father, for they [were] mighty warriors of ability.
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