1 Chronicles 1 · Verse 7

1 Chronicles 1:7

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
1 Chronicles 1:7, King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:7 in other translations

BSBAnd the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
WEBThe sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
ASVAnd the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
YLTAnd sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim.
DARBYAnd the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
BBEAnd the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
WebsterAnd the sons of Javan; Elisha, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

What does 1 Chronicles 1:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 1:4-23

4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 The sons of Javan - "But the sons of Macedon, Alsu, and Tarsus, Ilation, and Dardania, or, according to others, Elisha, Alam, Titsas, Achzavia, and Dardania, Ridom, and Chamen, and Antioch." So says this Targum, which I shall henceforth designate by the letter T.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:1-27

This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God…

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1 Chronicles 1:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
יָוָ֖ןya.VanJavanH3120
אֱלִישָׁ֣ה'e.li.Shah[were] ElishahH473
וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהve.tar.Shi.shahand Tarshish <towards>H8659
כִּתִּ֖יםki.TimKittimH3794
וְרוֹדָנִֽים\׃\ \סve.ro.da.Nimand RodanimH1721

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 1:7

  • Jeremiah 2:10

    For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

  • Numbers 24:24

    And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

  • Daniel 11:30

    For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

  • Psalms 72:10

    The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

  • Isaiah 66:19

    And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

  • Isaiah 23:1

    The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

  • Isaiah 23:12

    And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

  • Ezekiel 27:6

    Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Tarshish.
Ps 72:10; Isa 66:19
Kittim.These, and other words ending in {im,} forming the Hebrew plural, are not the names of individuals, but of nations.
Nu 24:24; Isa 23:1,12; Jer 2:10; Eze 27:6; Da 11:30
Chittim. Dodanim. or, Rodanim, according to some copies.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 1:6

    And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:7

    And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:8

    The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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1 Chronicles 1:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Javán: Elisa, Tharsis, Chîthim, y Dodanim.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et les fils de Javan: Élisha, et Tarsis, Kittim, et Rodanim.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Söhne Jawans: Elisa und Tarsis, die Kittim und die Rodanim.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii autem Javan: Elisa et Tharsis, Cethim et Dodanim.