What Does 1 Chronicles 6:28 Mean in the King James?

And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

1 Chronicles 6:28 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

What appears in English as the name “Vashni” also echoes the Hebrew ⁨וַשְׁנִי⁩ (va-sheni, “and the second”), so this line may encode birth order inside what looks like a name.

THE MEANING

This verse holds Samuel’s sons in one family line, marking one as firstborn and placing the other in sequence. The Hebrew ⁨וַשְׁנִי⁩ (va-sheni, “and the second”) lets the phrase carry both a name-like sound and a place in that sequence.

THE ROOT

בְּכוֹר

bekhor

GROWS FROM

בכר

b-k-r

To be first or early; to bring forth first.

The root ⁨בכר⁩ (b-k-r, “to be first or early”) links a firstborn with the first yield of a season. Here, it makes family order part of the line’s meaning, with “and the second” beside the firstborn as the next place in that sequence.

ALSO GROWS

first fruits: The first yield of a harvest.

Like the firstborn, the first fruits mark the opening yield of a larger sequence.

birthright: The status and portion associated with the firstborn.

It shows how being first can mark a particular place within a family line.

THE PATTERN

Firstborn language marks a relational place: the one who comes first belongs to a sequence that shapes how the family line is described.

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

Exodus 13:2 · KJVThe firstborn is identified as the first opening in a family line.

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Deuteronomy 21:17 · KJVBeing firstborn names a position within the family with a distinct place in its inheritance.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:7 · KJVThe word marks a son’s place in a family sequence while naming him as an individual.

THE THREAD

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

1 Samuel 8:2 · KJV

This verse names Joel as Samuel’s firstborn and Abiah as the second, opening the compressed sequence in 1 Chronicles. Both verses use the firstborn word from the root ⁨בכר⁩ (b-k-r, “to be first or early”).

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