1 Chronicles 23:16-18

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¹⁶The son^[a] of Gershom: Shebuel^[b] the oldest.

¹⁷The son of Eliezer was^[c] Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.

¹⁸The son^[d] of Izhar: Shelomith the oldest.

1 Chronicles 23:16 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this. The attached phrase “the oldest” might indicate that Shebuel was not Gershom’s only son, but note v. 17.
1 Chronicles 23:16 tc The LXX reads Σουβαηλ (Soubaēl) here, a reading followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, CEV (“Shubael”); cf. 24:20.
1 Chronicles 23:17 tn The Hebrew text has “the sons of Eliezer were,” but only one name appears after this in the verse, and we are specifically told that Eliezer had no other sons.
1 Chronicles 23:18 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this. The attached phrase “the oldest” might indicate that Shelomith was not Izhar’s only son, but note v. 17.

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