1 Chronicles 24:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.”

1 Chronicles 24:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Chronicles 24:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Chronicles 24:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers’ house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.”

1 Chronicles 24:6 — World English Bible

1 Chronicles 24:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers’ house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.”

1 Chronicles 24:6 — American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 24:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.”

1 Chronicles 24:6 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 24:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, inscribed them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites: one father's house was drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.”

1 Chronicles 24:6 — Darby Translation

1 Chronicles 24:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Shemaiah the sonne of Nethaneel the scribe of the Leuites, wrote them before ye King and the princes, and Zadok the Priest, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, and before ye chiefe fathers of the Priests and of the Leuites, one familie being reserued for Eleazar, and another reserued for Ithamar.”

1 Chronicles 24:6 — Geneva Bible

1 Chronicles 24:6 in Context — 1 Chronicles 24

4 Il se trouva parmi les fils d’Éléazar plus de chefs que parmi les fils d’Ithamar, et on en fit la division; les fils d’Éléazar avaient seize chefs de maisons paternelles, et les fils d’Ithamar huit chefs de maisons paternelles.

5 On les classa par le sort, les uns avec les autres, car les chefs du sanctuaire et les chefs de Dieu étaient des fils d’Éléazar et des fils d’Ithamar.

6 Schemaeja, fils de Nethaneel, le secrétaire, de la tribu de Lévi, les inscrivit devant le roi et les princes, devant Tsadok, le sacrificateur, et Achimélec, fils d’Abiathar, et devant les chefs des maisons paternelles des sacrificateurs et des Lévites. On tira au sort une maison paternelle pour Éléazar, et on en tira une autre pour Ithamar.

7 Le premier sort échut à Jehojarib; le second, à Jedaeja;

8 le troisième, à Harim; le quatrième, à Seorim;

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