From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
- KJV And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
- NKJV of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah;
- NASB and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah;
- NLT From the family of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
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Quick answer
Five men from the priestly family of Harim are listed among those who had married foreign women. The accounting of priestly offenders continues.
Overview
This verse names additional members of a priestly household who shared in the trespass. The continued listing of priests highlights how widely the compromise had spread among the spiritual leadership. The honest naming of these men underscores the community's commitment to thorough, unflinching repentance before God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 1 Chr 24:8the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
- Neh 7:42and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
- Ezra 2:39and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
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