KJV King James Version
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
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1 Chronicles 2:7
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
ASV American Standard Version
And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 2
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
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Joshua 6:18And ye, in any wise keep [yourselves] from the accursed thing, lest ye make [yourselves] accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.Joshua 7:11-15Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put [it] even among their own stuff.Deuteronomy 13:17And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;Joshua 22:20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.Deuteronomy 7:26Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it [is] a cursed thing.Joshua 7:25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.Joshua 7:1-5But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.1 Chronicles 4:1The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
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