"Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for {though} he was not the firstborn, yet his father…" — 1 Chronicles 26:10

1 Chronicles 26:10 · KJV

“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;)”

— 1 Chronicles 26:10

Verse 9

And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

Verse 11

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah {were} thirteen.

1 Chronicles 26 — Context

All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, {were} threescore and two of Obededom.

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.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:38

And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah {to be} porters:

1 Chronicles 5:1-2

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he {was} the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

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