1 Chronicles 6:28

Easy-to-Read Version

Samuel's sons were his oldest son Joel, and Abijah.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Samuel’s sons: his firstborn Joel,

Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Shemu'el: the firstborn [Yo'el], and the second Aviyah.

King James Version
And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

English Standard Version
The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.

New Century Version
Samuel's sons were Joel, the first son, and Abijah, the second son.

New English Translation
The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second oldest.

Amplified Bible
The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Samuel were Joel, the firstborn, and Abijah, the second.

World English Bible
The sons of Samuel: the firstborn [Joel], and the second Abijah.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Shemuel, the eldest Vashni, then Abiah.

Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.

Contemporary English Version
Samuel was the father of Joel and Abijah, born in that order.

Complete Jewish Bible
the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

Darby Translation
And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.

George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Samuel: Joel his first-born, and the name of his second son Abijah.

Good News Translation
Samuel had two sons: Joel, the older, and Abijah, the younger.

Lexham English Bible
The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah the second.

Literal Translation
And the sons of Samuel: Joel , the first-born; and the second, even Abijah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
whose sonne was Samuel. Whose first borne sonnes were Seni and Abija.

American Standard Version
And the sons of Samuel: the first-born, Joel, and the second Abijah.

Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Samuel: the oldest Joel, and the second Abiah.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Samuel: the eldest Uasui, and Abia.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Samuel: the first borne Uashni, and Abiah.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Samuel; the first-born Sani, and Abia.

English Revised Version
And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn [Joel], and the second Abijah.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Samuel; the firste gendrid Nasen, and Abia.

Update Bible Version
And the sons of Samuel: the first-born [Joel], and the second Abijah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Samuel; the first-born Vashni, and Abiah.

New King James Version
The sons of Samuel were Joel 1 Chronicles 6:33 and 1 Samuel 8:2)">[fn] the firstborn, and Abijah the second. [fn]

New Living Translation
The sons of Samuel were Joel (the older) and Abijah (the second).

New Life Bible
The sons of Samuel were Joel the first-born, and Abijah the second.

New Revised Standard
The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Samuel, the firstborn, Joel , and, the second, Abiah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vasseni, and Abia.

Revised Standard Version
The sons of Samuel: Jo'el his first-born, the second Abi'jah.

Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni, and the second Abijah.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second.

Contextual Overview

¹ Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ² Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ³ Amram's children were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron's sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar was Phinehas' father. Phinehas was Abishua's father. ⁵ Abishua was Bukki's father. Bukki was Uzzi's father. ⁶ Uzzi was Zerahiah's father. Zerahiah was Meraioth's father. ⁷ Meraioth was Amariah's father. Amariah was Ahitub's father. ⁸ Ahitub was Zadok's father. Zadok was Ahimaaz's father. ⁹ Ahimaaz was Azariah's father. Azariah was Johanan's father. ¹⁰ Johanan was Azariah's father. (Azariah is the one who served as priest in the Temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

firstborn: 1 Chronicles 5:1, Leviticus 27:26, Genesis 14:20, Here there is an ellipsis of the name of the firstborn, which the margin correctly supplies as Joel. The word Vashni when otherwise pointed means "second," so that the verse more properly reads "And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn (Joel) and the second Abiah."

Vashni: i.e. Jah is strong; wherefore, sleep thou; changed; my year; second; liberal gift of the Lord, [Strong's H2059]. It appears that the Joel is here lost out of the text; and that washni, which signifies "and the second," and which refers to Abiah, is made into a proper name. The Syriac and Arabic read as in Samuel. The marginal references contain the variation in the names given to the same persons, in different parts of sacred history, as far as it can be ascertained; and nearly the whole, that is at present known concerning them, may be learned by carefully consulting them. 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Samuel 8:2, Joel

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:24 - Elkanah

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Vashni - The true name of Samuel’s first-born, which was “Joel” (see the margin and references), has here dropped out; and the word properly meaning “and his second (son)” has been taken as the name of the first.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 6:28. The first-born Vashni, and Abiah. — There is a great mistake in this verse: in 1 Samuel 8:2 we read, Now the name of his (Samuel's) first-born was Joel; and the name of his second Abiah. The word יואל Joel is lost out of the text in this place, and ושני vesheni, which signifies the second, and which refers to Abiah, is made here into a proper name. The Septuagint, Vulgate, and Chaldee, copy this blunder; but the Syriac and Arabic read as in 1 Samuel 8:2. The MSS. have all copied the corrupted Hebrew in this place. Jarchi labours to restore the true reading, and yet preserve the integrity of the text, by paraphrasing thus: "And the second, (ושני vesheni,) in respect of the first, he was Abiah; and the second, in respect of Abiah, he was Joel."

These, Joel and Abiah, were the two sons of Samuel, who administered justice so badly that the people, being oppressed, began to murmur, and demanded a king. See 1 Samuel 8:1, &c.