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The Descendants of Levi

1 Chronicles 6:28

In 11 translations

BSB
The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.See Syriac and some LXX manuscripts (also verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni, then Abiah.
KJV
And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.Vashni: called also Joel
WEB
The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
ASV
And the sons of Samuel: the first-born, Joel, and the second Abijah.
LSV
And sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni, and the second Abijah.
YLT
And sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni, and the second Abijah.
DBY
And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.
DRC
The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vasseni, and Abia.
GNV
And the sonnes of Shemuel, the eldest Vashni, then Abiah.
JPS6:13
And the sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni; then Abiah.
LXXE6:13
The sons of Samuel; the first-born Sani, and Abia.

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  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: יוֹאֵל (“Joel”).

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Original-language editions

WLC6:13
וּבְנֵ֧י שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל הַבְּכֹ֥ר וַשְׁנִ֖י וַאֲבִיָּֽה׃KJV:1Chr.6.28
LXX-Br6:13
Υἱοὶ Σαμουὴλ, ὁ πρωτότοκος Σανὶ, καὶ Ἀβιά.

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  • 1 Samuel 8:2The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:33These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

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  • 6:13 in some Bibles
  • 6:28 in most Bibles

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