KJV King James Version
And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Chronicles 4:17
And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
ASV American Standard Version
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And sons of Ezra are Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 4
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17 And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these [are] the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
19 And the sons of [his] wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon [were], Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi [were], Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
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וּבֶן־H1121 · benson: childעֶזְרָ֔הH5834 · ez.rahEzrahיֶ֥תֶרH3500 · ye.terJetherוּמֶ֖רֶדH4778 · me.redMeredוְעֵ֣פֶרH6081 · e.pherEpherוְיָל֑וֹןH3210 · ya.lonJalonוַתַּ֙הַר֙H2029 · ha.rahto conceiveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִרְיָ֣םH4813 · mir.yamMiriamוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שַׁמַּ֔יH8060 · sham.mayShammaiוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִשְׁבָּ֖חH3431 · yish.bachIshbahאֲבִ֥יH1 · avfatherאֶשְׁתְּמֹֽעַ׃H851 · esh.te.mo.aEshtemoa
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 4:19And the sons of [his] wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.1 Chronicles 21:24And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take [that] which [is] thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.1 Samuel 30:28And to [them] which [were] in Aroer, and to [them] which [were] in Siphmoth, and to [them] which [were] in Eshtemoa,Joshua 15:50And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,1 Chronicles 6:57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
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