1 Chronicles 26:10 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁰ These are the gatekeepers from the Merari family. There was Hosah. Shimri was chosen to be the first son. Shimri was not really the oldest, but his father chose him to be the firstborn {\cf2\super [285]} son.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Also Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ Also 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),

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Hosah, one of Merari’s family, also had a family: Shimri the first (though he wasn’t the oldest, his father gave him that status),

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Now, from Hosah, that is, from the sons of Merari: Shimri the leader, for he had not had a firstborn son, and so, because of this, his father had appointed him as the leader,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari: Semri the chief (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his father made him chief),

1 Chronicles 26:10 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 16:38

David also left Obed Edom and 68 other Levites to serve with Asaph and his brothers. Obed Edom and Hosah were guards. Obed Edom was Jeduthun’s son.\par

1 Chronicles 26:11

Hilkiah was his second son. Tebaliah was his third son. And Zechariah was his fourth son. In all Hosah had 13 sons and relatives.

1 Chronicles 26:9

Meshelemiah had sons and relatives that were powerful men. In all there were 18 sons and relatives.