KJV King James Version
And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.
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1 Chronicles 5:24
And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
WEB World English Bible
These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
ASV American Standard Version
And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And these are heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, men mighty in valour, men of name, heads to the house of their fathers.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 5
21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
22 For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
24 And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.
25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
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וְאֵ֖לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseרָאשֵׁ֣יH7218 · roshheadבֵית־H1004 · betplaceאֲבוֹתָ֑םH1 · avfatherוְעֵ֡פֶרH6081 · e.pherEpherוְיִשְׁעִ֡יH3469 · yish.iIshiוֶאֱלִיאֵ֡לH447 · e.li.elElielוְ֠עַזְרִיאֵלH5837 · az.ri.elAzrielוְיִרְמְיָ֨הH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiahוְהוֹדַוְיָ֜הH1938 · ho.dav.yahHodaviahוְיַחְדִּיאֵ֗לH3164 · yach.di.elJahdielאֲנָשִׁים֙H582 · e.noshhumanגִּבּ֣וֹרֵיH1368 · gib.bormighty manחַ֔יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersאַנְשֵׁ֣יH582 · e.noshhumanשֵׁמ֔וֹתH8034 · shemnameרָאשִׁ֖יםH7218 · roshheadלְבֵ֥יתH1004 · betplaceאֲבוֹתָֽם׃H1 · avfather
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