1 Chronicles 6 · Verse 28

1 Chronicles 6:28

And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
1 Chronicles 6:28, King James Version

1 Chronicles 6:28 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.
WEBThe sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
ASVAnd the sons of Samuel: the first-born, Joel, and the second Abijah.
YLTAnd sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni, and the second Abijah.
DARBYAnd the sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.
BBEAnd the sons of Samuel: the oldest Joel, and the second Abiah.
WebsterAnd the sons of Samuel; the first-born Vashni, and Abiah.

What does 1 Chronicles 6:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 6:16-48

16-48. The sons of Levi; Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 The first-born Vashni, and Abiah - There is a great mistake in this verse: in 1Sam 8:2 we read, Now the name of his (Samuel's) first-born was Joel; and the name of his second Abiah. The word יואל Joel is lost out of the text in this place, and ושני vesheni, which signifies the second, and which refers to Abiah, is made here into a proper name. The Septuagint, Vulgate, and Chaldee, copy this blunder; but the Syriac and Arabic read as in 1Sam 8:2. The MSS. have all copied the corrupted Hebrew in this place. Jarchi labors to restore the true reading, and yet preserve the integrity of the text, by paraphrasing thus: "And the second, (ושני vesheni), in respect of the first, he was Abiah; and the second, in respect of Abiah, he was Joel." These, Joel and Abiah, were the two sons of Samuel, who administered justice so badly that the people, being oppressed, began to murmur, and demanded a king. See 1Sam 8:1, etc.

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1 Chronicles 6:28 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.

וּבְנֵ֧יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
שְׁמוּאֵ֛לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
הַבְּכֹ֥רha.be.Khorthe firstbornH1060
יוֹאֵלyo.'ElJoelH3100
וַשְׁנִ֖יvash.NisecondH2059
וַאֲבִיָּֽה\׃\ \סva.'a.vi.Yahand AbijahH29

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 6:28

  • 1 Samuel 8:2

    Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer–sheba.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:33

    And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Vashni.. It appears that the Joel is here lost out of the text; and that {washni,} which signifies "and the second," and which refers to Abiah, is made into a proper name. The Syriac and Arabic read as in Samuel. The marginal references contain the variation in the names given to the same persons, in different parts of sacred history, as far as it can be ascertained; and nearly the whole, that is at present known concerning them, may be learned by consulting them.
33; 1Sa 8:2
Joel.

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 6:27

    Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:28

    And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:29

    The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

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1 Chronicles 6:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los hijos de Samuel: el primogénito Vasni, y Abías.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		fils de Jakhath, fils de Guershom, fils de Lévi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Samuels: der Erstgeborene Waschni, und Abija. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Samuel: primogenitus Vasseni, et Abia.