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Who were the sons of Heman?
The later pair of names does not appear in the fourteen-son list. Whether this conflicts depends on whether 'sons of Heman' means immediate children in both passages.
- Textual conflict
- Weak contradiction
- The supplied passages do not establish incompatible claims. Different events, meanings, or conditions may account for the difference.
- Importance
- Minor
- A local detail in a story, chronology, or inventory.
Membership in Heman's descendant group does not establish immediate sonship at the generation named in the earlier list.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Heman's listed sons include Bukkiah, Mattaniah, and twelve others
Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
1 Chronicles 25:4
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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Jehiel and Shimei are identified with the sons of Heman
And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
2 Chronicles 29:14
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)