1 Chronicles 2:6
New International Version
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda —five in all.

New Living Translation
The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all.

English Standard Version
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

King James Bible
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

New King James Version
The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

NASB 1995
The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara; five of them in all.

NASB 1977
And the sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

Amplified Bible
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

Christian Standard Bible
Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara —five in all.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

American Standard Version
And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the sons of Zerekh: Zamri and Athan and Haman and Kalcal and Darda, all five of them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Aetham, and Aemuan, and Calchal, and Darad, in all five.

Contemporary English Version
Zerah was the father of Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons also of Zare: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara, five in all.

English Revised Version
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Zerah's sons were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara-five in all.

Good News Translation
His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

International Standard Version
Zerah had five sons in all: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

Literal Standard Version
And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five.

Majority Standard Bible
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

New American Bible
The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all.

NET Bible
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara--five in all.

New Revised Standard Version
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.

New Heart English Bible
The sons of Zerah: Zabdi, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda; five of them in all.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

World English Bible
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.

Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Sons of Israel
5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara— five in all. 7The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.…

Cross References
1 Kings 4:31
He was wiser than all men--wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

1 Chronicles 2:5
The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

1 Chronicles 2:7
The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

Psalm 88:1
O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.


Treasury of Scripture

And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

Zimri.

Numbers 25:14
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

1 Kings 16:9,10,12,15,16,18,20
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah…

2 Kings 9:31
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

1 Kings 16:9
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:10
And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

(2) Captain of the Simeonites,

Numbers 25:14
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

(3) Descendant of Judah by Tamar.

1 Chronicles 2:4
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

(4) Of the stock of Saul,

1 Chronicles 8:36
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,

1 Chronicles 9:42
And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

(5) A son of Zerah, the son of Judah,

1 Chronicles 2:6
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

Joshua 7:17
And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

Joshua 7:1,17,18
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel…

Zabdi.

Jeremiah 25:25
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

Jump to Previous
Calcol Darda Ethan Five Heman Zerah Zimri
Jump to Next
Calcol Darda Ethan Five Heman Zerah Zimri
1 Chronicles 2
1. The sons of Israel.
3. The posterity of Judah by Tamar.
13. The children of Jesse.
18. The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron.
21. Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir.
25. Jerahmeel's posterity.
34. Sheshan's posterity.
42. Another branch of Caleb's posterity.
50. The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur.














(6-8) The sons of Zerah.--From this point our narrative ceases to depend entirely upon the data of Genesis.

(6) Zimri.--This name is probably a merely accidental variant of Zabdi. Both are genuine Hebrew names occurring elsewhere. But the fact that Zimri here, and Zabdi at Joshua 7:1, are both called sons of Zerah, seems to prove their identity; especially as m is often confused with b, and d with r.

Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara.--It is stated (1Kings 4:31) that Solomon was "wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol." It will be seen that the first three names coincide with those of our text, and that Dara is only one letter different from Darda. Further, many MSS. of Chronicles, as well as the Svriac and Arabic versions and the Targum, actually have Darda. The Yatic. LXX. reads Darad. There is thus a virtual repetition of these four names in the passage of Kings, and it is difficult to suppose that the persons intended are not the same there and here. Ethan is called an Ezrahite in Kings, but Ezrah and Zerah are equivalent forms in Hebrew; and the Yatic. LXX. actually calls Ethan a Zarhite--i.e., a descendant of Zerah (Numbers 26:13). The designation of the four as "sons of Mahol" presents no difficulty. Mahol is a usual word for the sacred dance (Psalm 149:3; Psalm 150:4), and the four Zarhites are thus described as "sons of dancing"--that is, sacred musicians. It is likely, therefore, that these famous minstrels of Judah were adopted into the Levitical clans in which sacred music was the hereditary profession. (See Psalms 88, 89., titles.) Whether Ethan and Heman are the persons mentioned in 1Chronicles 6:33; 1Chronicles 6:44; 1Chronicles 15:17; 1Chronicles 15:19 as the recognised heads of two of the great guilds of temple musicians is not clear. The Levitical ancestry ascribed to them in 1 Chronicles 6 would not be opposed to this assumption, as adoption would involve it. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The sons
וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Zerah:
זֶ֗רַח (ze·raḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2226: Zerah -- three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an Ethiopian

Zimri,
זִ֠מְרִי (zim·rî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2174: Zimri -- four Israelites

Ethan,
וְאֵיתָ֧ן (wə·’ê·ṯān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 387: Ethan -- 'permanence', an Israelite name

Heman,
וְהֵימָ֛ן (wə·hê·mān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1968: Heman -- an Israelite name

Calcol,
וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל (wə·ḵal·kōl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3633: Calcol -- an Israelite noted for his wisdom

and Dara—
וָדָ֖רַע (wā·ḏā·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1873: Dara -- an Israelite

five
חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ (ḥă·miš·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

in all.
כֻּלָּ֥ם (kul·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every


Links
1 Chronicles 2:6 NIV
1 Chronicles 2:6 NLT
1 Chronicles 2:6 ESV
1 Chronicles 2:6 NASB
1 Chronicles 2:6 KJV

1 Chronicles 2:6 BibleApps.com
1 Chronicles 2:6 Biblia Paralela
1 Chronicles 2:6 Chinese Bible
1 Chronicles 2:6 French Bible
1 Chronicles 2:6 Catholic Bible

OT History: 1 Chronicles 2:6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)
1 Chronicles 2:5
Top of Page
Top of Page