1 Chronicles 4:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.”

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BSBPD

“And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered father of Gedor, and Heber father of Socho, and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah. And these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 4:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 15:34Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
  2. Joshua 15:48These were in the hill country:
  3. Joshua 15:56Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
  4. Joshua 15:58Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
  5. 1 Chronicles 2:42The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.
  6. 1 Chronicles 4:4Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
  7. 1 Chronicles 4:39and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
  8. 1 Chronicles 12:7and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

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