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10         The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Ziza,[a] Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. That is why they were counted as only one father’s house.[b]

Divisions of the Kohathites

12 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four in all.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 23:10 Zina is the reading of most Hebrew manuscripts. A few Hebrew manuscripts and ancient versions read Ziza, a spelling closer to the parallel name in the next verse. Variant spellings and forms of personal names are common in Chronicles.
  2. 1 Chronicles 23:11 Father’s houses and fathers’ houses were among the social subdivisions of Israel.