1 Chronicles 6 · Verse 44

1 Chronicles 6:44

And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
1 Chronicles 6:44, King James Version

1 Chronicles 6:44 in other translations

BSBOn the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari:
WEBOn the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
ASVAnd on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
YLTAnd sons of Merari, their brethren, are on the left. Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,
DARBYAnd their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
BBEAnd on the left their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
WebsterAnd their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

What does 1 Chronicles 6:44 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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1 Chronicles 6:44 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְנֵ֧יu.ve.Neiand [the] descendants ofH1121
מְרָרִ֛יme.ra.RiMerariH4847
אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם'a.chei.Hemrelatives theirH251
עַֽל\־'al-[were] atH5921
הַשְּׂמֹ֑אולha.se.Molthe left [hand]H8040
אֵיתָן֙'ei.TanEthanH387
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
קִישִׁ֔יki.ShiKishiH7029
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
עַבְדִּ֖י'av.DiAbdiH5660
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
מַלּֽוּךְ\׃ma.LukhMalluchH4409

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 6:44

  • Psalms 89:1

    Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:6

    All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:17

    So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

  • 1 Chronicles 25:3

    Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:1

    Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

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Ethan.
25:1,3,6
Jeduthun.
Ps 89:1; *title
Kishi.
15:17
Kushaiah.

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 6:43

    The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:44

    And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:45

    The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

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1 Chronicles 6:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas los hijos de Merari sus hermanos estaban á la mano siniestra, es á saber, Ethán hijo de Chîsi, hijo de Abdi, hijo de Maluch;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Ashan et sa banlieue, et Beth-Shémesh et sa banlieue;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Söhne Meraris, ihre Brüder, standen zur Linken: Ethan, der Sohn Kischis, des Sohnes Abdis, des Sohnes Malluks,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii autem Merari fratres eorum, ad sinistram, Ethan filius Cusi, filii Abdi, filii Maloch,