King James Version
1 Chronicles 26:11 in the King James Version says “Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen .” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen .”
1 Chronicles 26:11 · KJV
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen .
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;)
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen .
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. as well: or, as well for the small as for the great
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
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