OLD TESTAMENT

1 Chronicles 26:6

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Sons were also born to Shemaiah his son, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

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Verse 6. Semei, who is called Semeias, verse 4 and 7. The last syllable is not lost in Hebrew or Septuagint Bible.—Valour. Their post was of a military nature, and required strength. Josephus says, some of the gates could hardly be shut by twenty men.

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