1 Chronicles 26 · Verse 10

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;)
1 Chronicles 26:10, King James Version

1 Chronicles 26:10 in other translations

BSBHosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
WEBAlso Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
ASVAlso 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),
YLTand 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),
DARBY— And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head;
BBEAnd Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);
WebsterAlso Hosah of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him the chief;)

What does 1 Chronicles 26:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Simri the chief ... though ... not the first-born--probably because the family entitled to the right of primogeniture had died out, or because there were none of the existing families which could claim that right.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

1 Chronicles 26:10 in the original Hebrew

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וּלְחֹסָ֥הu.le.cho.Sahand [belonged] to HosahH2621
מִן\־min-one ofH4480
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
מְרָרִ֖יme.ra.RiMerariH4847
בָּנִ֑יםba.NimsonsH1121
שִׁמְרִ֤יshim.RiShimriH8113
הָרֹאשׁ֙ha.roShthe chiefH7218
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
הָיָ֣הha.Yahhe wasH1961
בְכ֔וֹרve.KhorfirstbornH1060
וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּvay.si.Me.huand he had appointed himH7760
אָבִ֖יהוּ'a.Vi.hufather hisH1
לְרֹֽאשׁ\׃le.Roshto chiefH7218

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 26:10

  • 1 Chronicles 16:38

    And Obed–edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed–edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

  • 1 Chronicles 5:1-2

    Now 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. For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hosah.
16:38
his father.
5:1,2

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

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 26:9

    And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

  • 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;)

  • 1 Chronicles 26:11

    Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

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1 Chronicles 26:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De Hosa, de los hijos de Merari: Simri el principal, (aunque no era el primogénito, mas su padre lo puso para que fuese cabeza;)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et Hosa, d’entre les fils de Merari, avait des fils: Shimri, le chef; bien qu’il ne soit pas le premier-né, son père l’établit pour chef;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Hosa, von den Söhnen Meraris, hatte Söhne: Schimri, das Haupt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
De Hosa autem, id est, de filiis Merari: Semri princeps (non enim habuerat primogenitum, et idcirco posuerat eum pater ejus in principem),