1 Chronicles 2:6

Easy-to-Read Version

Zerah had five sons. They were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Zerach: Zimri, and Etan, and Heman, and Kalkol, and Dara; five of them in all.

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

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

New Century Version
Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

New English Translation
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara—five in all.

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

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

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes also of Zerah were Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, & Dara, which were fiue in all.

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

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Zerach: Zimri, Eitan, Heiman, Kalkol and Dara — five of them altogether.

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

George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Haman, Calcol, Darda; five of them in all.

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

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

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Zarah are, Simri, Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, Dara, which all are fyue in nombre.

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

Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Zara: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Chalchol, and Dara: which were fiue in all.

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

King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara. Fiue of them in all.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Ætham, and Æmuan, and Calchal, and Darad, in all five.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Zare weren Zamry, and Ethen, and Eman, and Calchab, and Dardan; fyue togidere.

Update Bible Version
And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; 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.

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

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

New Life Bible
The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara, five in all.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Zerah, Zimri and Ethan, and Heman and Calcol and Dara, all of them, five.

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

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

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara; five of them in all.

Contextual Overview

¹ Israel's sons were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³ Judah's sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Bathshua from Canaan was their mother. The Lord killed Er, the first son, because he saw that he was evil. ⁴ Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons. ⁵ Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul. ⁶ Zerah had five sons. They were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. ⁷ Zimri's son was Carmi. Carmi's son was Achar. Achar was the man who brought many troubles to Israel. Achar kept the things he took in battle, but he was supposed to give them all to God. ⁸ Ethan's son was Azariah. ⁹ Hezron's sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. ¹⁰ Ram was Amminadab's father, and Amminadab was Nahshon's father. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zimri: i.e. snug; my song; my field, [Strong's H2174]. 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 8:36, 1 Chronicles 9:42, Numbers 25:14, 1 Kings 16:9-10, 1 Kings 16:12, 1 Kings 16:15-16, 1 Kings 16:18, 1 Kings 16:20, 2 Kings 9:31, Jeremiah 25:25

Zimri 1. Captain of Elah king of Israel, whom he slew and succeeded, bc 930 1 Kings 16:9-10, 2. Captain of the Simeonites Numbers 25:14, 3. Descendant of Judah by Tamar 1 Chronicles 2:4, 4. Of the stock of Saul 1 Chronicles 8:36, 1 Chronicles 9:42, 5. A son of Zerah, the son of Judah, called Zabdi, which is apparently here called [Strong's H2174], Zimri, in consequence of a, baith, being mistaken for a, mem, and a, daleth, for a, raish. 1 Chronicles 2:6, Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:17-18, 6. A name applied to a tribe and supposed to refer to people in Eastern Arabia Jeremiah 25:25

Ethan: i.e. perennial, constant; ancient, [Strong's H387] 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 2:8, 1 Chronicles 6:42, 1 Chronicles 6:44, 1 Chronicles 15:17, 1 Chronicles 15:19, 1 Kings 4:31, Psalms 89:1,*title

Ethan 1. An Israelite known for his wisdom, an Ezrahite, to whom Psalm 89 is attributed in its title 1 Kings 4:31, 2. A son of Zerah, the son of Judah 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 2:8, 3. A descendant of Gershon, the son of Levi 1 Chronicles 6:42, 4. A descendant of Merari, the son of Levi 1 Chronicles 6:44, 1 Chronicles 15:19 Heman: i.e. faithful, [Strong's H1968], 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 15:17, 1 Chronicles 15:19, 1 Chronicles 16:41-42, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:4-6, 1 Kings 4:31, 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:14, 2 Chronicles 35:15, Psalms 88:1,*title

Heman 1. A wise man who flourished before Solomon 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Kings 4:31, 2. A Levite of the Kohathites, a leader of David's choir 1 Chronicles 15:17, 1 Chronicles 16:41-42, Psalms 88:1. See also Homam, 1 Chronicles 1:39 Calcol: i.e. sustenance; comprehended, [Strong's H3633]. 1 Kings 4:31

Dara: i.e. pearl of wisdom, [Strong's H1873], Darda, דרדע [Strong's H1862], is here called Dara, דרע [Strong's H1873], by the elision of a ד, daleth, Darda

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:6 - Zerah Acts 7:14 - threescore

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Zerah,.... The other twin of Judah:

Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all; the Targum calls them governors, and adds, on whom the spirit of prophecy dwelt; and in the Jewish chronology n they are said to prophesy in Egypt; and the four last are supposed to be the same with those in 1 Kings 4:31.

1 Kings 4:31- :.

n Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 52.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sons of Zerah - Here, for the first time, the writer of Chronicles draws from sources not otherwise known to us, recording facts not mentioned in the earlier Scriptures. Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, sons of Zerah, are only known to us from this passage, since there are no sufficient grounds for identifying them with the “sons of Mahol” (marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 2:6. Five of them in all. — "These were all chief men; and on them the spirit of prophecy rested." - T.