1 Chronicles 1:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Num 24:24 : 24 But ships [shall come] from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; And he also shall come to destruction.
Ps 72:10 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Isa 23:1 : 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
Isa 23:12 : 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.
Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
Jer 2:10 : 10 For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.
Dan 11:30 : 30 For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do [his pleasure]: he shall even return, and have regard unto them that forsake the holy covenant.
Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 10:1-7
7 verses
95%
1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, [namely], of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
7And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
1 Chr 1:4-6
3 verses
83%
4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.
1 Chr 1:8-9
2 verses
77%
8The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
1 Chr 1:16-17
2 verses
76%
16and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
1 Chr 1:20-24
5 verses
74%
20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Gen 10:26-27
2 verses
72%
26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
Gen 10:22
72%
22The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
1 Chr 1:35
71%
35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
Exod 1:4
70%
4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Gen 10:29
70%
29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
Gen 6:10
70%
10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chr 7:10
70%
10And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
1 Chr 1:42
69%
42The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.
Gen 10:18
69%
18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.
1 Chr 2:1-2
2 verses
69%
1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Gen 10:31
69%
31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Exod 1:2
68%
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Jer 2:10
68%
10For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.