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Numbers 26:40

The descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. From Ard, the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ard;   Bela;   Benjamin;   Naaman;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Ard;   Farm;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Addar;   Ard;   Benjamin;   Genealogy;   Naaman;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Addar;   Ard;   Ehi;   Hupham;   Naamites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ard;   Ardites;   Genealogy;   Gera;   Naaman;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Addar ;   Ard;   Bela ;   Naaman ;   Naamites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Naaman;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ad'dar;   Ard;   Ard'ites;   Be'la;   Na'aman;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ard;   Bela;   Genealogy;   Naaman;   Naamite;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gera;   Naaman;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Bela were Ard and Na`aman: [of Ard], the family of the Ardi; of Na`aman, the family of the Na`ami.
King James Version
And the sons of Bela were ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.
English Standard Version
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.
New Century Version
These were the family groups from Bela through Ard and Naaman: From Ard came the Ardite family group; from Naaman came the Naamite family group.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard came the familie of the Ardites, of Naaman, the familie of the Naamites.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Bela were Ard and Na‘aman; [of Ard,] the family of the Ardi; and of Na‘aman, the family of the Na‘ami.
Darby Translation
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; [of Ard] the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Easy-to-Read Version
The family groups from Bela were Ard—the Ardite family group; Naaman—the Naamanite family group.
George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Good News Translation
The clans of Ard and Naaman traced their descent from Bela.
Christian Standard Bible®
Bela’s descendants from Ard and Naaman:
Literal Translation
And Bela's sons were Ard and Naaman. Of Ard , the family of the Ardites; of Naaman the family of the Naamites.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the childre of Bela were, Ard & Naeman: of whom commeth the kynred of the Aroites & Naemanites.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the chyldren of Bela, were Ard and Naaman, from whence commeth the kinred of the Ardites, and of Naaman the kinred of the Naamites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; [of Ard,] the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman the family of the Naamites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the sons of Suthala; to Eden, the family of the Edenites.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Berean Standard Bible
And the descendants of Bela from Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan from Naaman.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Bale, Hered and Noeman; of Hered, the meyne of Hereditis; of Noeman, the meynee of Noemanitis.
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Bela are Ard and Naaman: [of Ard is] the family of the Ardite: of Naaman the family of the Naamite.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: [of Ard], the family of the Ardites: [and] of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
World English Bible
The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: [of Ard], the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
New King James Version
And the sons of Bela were Ard 1 Chronicles 8:3">[fn] and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
New Living Translation
These were the subclans descended from the Belaites: The Ardites, named after their ancestor Ard. The Naamites, named after their ancestor Naaman.
New Life Bible
The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman, the family of the Ardites from Ard, and the family of the Naamites from Naaman.
New Revised Standard
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman, - To Ard, pertained the family of the Ardites, To Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Bela: Hered, and Noeman. Of Hered, is the family of the Heredites: of Noeman, the family of the Noemanites.
Revised Standard Version
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Na'aman: of Ard, the family of the Ard'ites; of Na'aman, the family of the Na'amites.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

Contextual Overview

5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites; 6 from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730. 8 Pallu's descendant was Eliab. 9 Eliab's descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord . 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning. 11 But the descendants of Korah did not die. 12 The Simeonites by their families: from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; from Jakin, the family of the Jakinites; 13 from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; and from Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ard and Naaman: 1 Chronicles 8:3, Addar

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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