KJV King James Version
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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1 Chronicles 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;)
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
WEB World English Bible
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),
ASV American Standard Version
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, are sons: Shimri the head (though he was not first-born, yet his father setteth him for head),
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 26
7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren [were] strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, [were] threescore and two of Obededom.
9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
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;)
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah [were] thirteen.
12 Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief men, [having] wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
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וּלְחֹסָ֥הH2621 · cho.sahHosahמִן־H4480 · minfromבְּנֵי־H1121 · benson: childמְרָרִ֖יH4847 · me.ra.riMerariבָּנִ֑יםH1121 · benson: childשִׁמְרִ֤יH8113 · shim.riShimriהָרֹאשׁ֙H7218 · roshheadכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforלֹא־H3808 · lonotהָיָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beבְכ֔וֹרH1060 · be.khorfirstbornוַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּH7760 · sumto set: makeאָבִ֖יהוּH1 · avfatherלְרֹֽאשׁ׃H7218 · roshhead
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 16:38And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters:1 Chronicles 5:1-2Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
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