1 Chronicles 23 · Verse 18

1 Chronicles 23:18

Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
1 Chronicles 23:18, King James Version

1 Chronicles 23:18 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.
WEBThe son of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
ASVThe sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
YLTSons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.
DARBY— The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head.
BBEThe sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
WebsterOf the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

What does 1 Chronicles 23:18 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 23:1-23

David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of it. When those of the same family were employed together, it would engage them to love and assist one another.

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1 Chronicles 23:18 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
יִצְהָ֖רyitz.HarIzharH3324
שְׁלֹמִ֥יתshe.lo.MitShelomithH8019
הָרֹֽאשׁ\׃\ \סha.Roshthe chiefH7218

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 23:18

  • 1 Chronicles 26:26

    Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:22

    Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

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Shelomith.
24:22
Shelomoth.
26:26

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 23:17

    And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:18

    Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:19

    Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

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1 Chronicles 23:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hijo de Ishar fué Selomith el primero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Fils de Jitsehar: Shelomith, le chef.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Söhne Jizhars: Schelomith, das Haupt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Isaar: Salomith primus.