1 Chronicles 23:18
New International Version
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.

New Living Translation
The descendants of Izhar included Shelomith, the family leader.

English Standard Version
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.

King James Bible
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

New King James Version
Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the first.

New American Standard Bible
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

NASB 1995
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

NASB 1977
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

Legacy Standard Bible
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

Amplified Bible
The son of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Christian Standard Bible
Izhar’s sons: Shelomith was first.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Izhar’s sons: Shelomith was first.

American Standard Version
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the sons of Itshar: Salmuth his oldest.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.

Contemporary English Version
The second son born to Kohath was Izhar, and his oldest son was Shelomith.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.

English Revised Version
The sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Izhar's only son was Shelomith.

Good News Translation
Kohath's second son, Izhar, had a son, Shelomith, the head of the clan.

International Standard Version
The descendants of Izhar included Shelomith their chief.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Literal Standard Version
Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.

Majority Standard Bible
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.

New American Bible
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

NET Bible
The son of Izhar: Shelomith the oldest.

New Revised Standard Version
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

New Heart English Bible
The sons of Izhar: Shelomoth the chief.

Webster's Bible Translation
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

World English Bible
The son of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.

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Context
The Kohathites
17The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous. 18The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first. 19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.…

Cross References
Exodus 6:18
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

1 Chronicles 23:17
The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.

1 Chronicles 23:19
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.


Treasury of Scripture

Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

Shelomith

1 Chronicles 24:22
Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

Shelomoth

1 Chronicles 26:26
Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

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(18) The sons of Izhar.--Second son of Kohath. The sons of Izhar made one clan, that of Shel?mith (or Shel?m?th, 1Chronicles 24:22). The same variation occurred in the Hebrew of 1Chronicles 23:9, above.

Verse 18. - Of the sons of Ishar. While six names in all are mentioned under Amram, only one, Shelomith, is found under his next brother, Izhar. This Shelomith (spelt Shelomoth in 1 Chronicles 24:22) is not the same with the Shelomith of 1 Chronicles 26:25, 26.

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Hebrew
The sons
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Izhar:
יִצְהָ֖ר (yiṣ·hār)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3324: Izhar -- a Levite

Shelomith
שְׁלֹמִ֥ית (šə·lō·mîṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8019: Shelomith -- the name of several Israelites

was first.
הָרֹֽאשׁ׃ (hā·rōš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head


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