A moment in scripture
1 Chronicles 26:8
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All these of the sons of Obed–edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed–edom.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Chronicles 26:6
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
- 1 Chronicles 26:7
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
- 1 Chronicles 26:9
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
- 1 Chronicles 26:10
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.