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Carmi (father of Achan)

갈미 (아간의 아버지)

Joshua 7:1 and 7:18 name him as the father of Achan: “Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah”. The Korean Revised Version calls Achan the son of Carmi, the grandson of Zabdi and the great-grandson of Zerah.

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JOS 7:1, engwebp
¹But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against the children of Israel.
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JOS 7:16–18, engwebp
¹⁶So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.
¹⁷He brought near the family of Judah, and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.
¹⁸He brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Achar son of Carmi at 1 Chronicles 2:7 and Achan son of Carmi in Joshua 7

1 Chronicles 2:6 names the sons of Zerah, and 2:7 says, “The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.” The text does not name Carmi’s father. The Korean Revised Version reads 가르미의 아들은 아갈이니 저는 마땅히 멸할 물건으로 인하여 이스라엘을 괴롭게 한 자며 (the son of Carmi was Achar; he was one who troubled Israel because of the thing that should be destroyed).
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- 1CH 2:5–8, engwebp
  ⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  ⁶The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.
  ⁷The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
  ⁸The son of Ethan: Azariah.
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Joshua 7:1 says, “But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things,” and at 7:24–25 Joshua and all Israel with him take Achan the son of Zerah to the valley of Achor, and Joshua says, “Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you today.”
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- JOS 7:1, engwebp
  ¹But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against the children of Israel.
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- JOS 7:22–26, engwebp
  ²²So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
  ²³They took them from the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel. They laid them down before the LORD.
  ²⁴Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
  ²⁵Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you today.” All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.
  ²⁶They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. The LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.
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1 Chronicles 2:7 calls Achar the son of Carmi “the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing” (the Korean Revised Version 마땅히 멸할 물건으로 인하여 이스라엘을 괴롭게 한 자), and does not name Carmi’s father. Joshua 7:1 says that Achan the son of Carmi took some of the devoted things, and at 7:24–25 Joshua takes Achan and says, “Why have you troubled us?” Both editions write other names in the two books (the Korean 아갈 and 아간, WEB Achar and Achan); the Korean also writes 가르미 and 갈미, and WEB Carmi in both. This collection records the Carmi and Achar of 1 Chronicles 2:7 as names of the list 1ch-2-6-8 without linking them to the entries of Joshua 7, and does not decide whether they are the same men.

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Carmi (father of Achan) — Father of — Achan (son of Carmi)

Evidence: Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:16–18
Zabdi (father of Carmi) — Father of — Carmi (father of Achan)

Evidence: Joshua 7:1

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But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against the children of Israel.

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He brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.

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Current wording: Joshua 7:1 and 7:18 name him as the father of Achan: “Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah”. The Korean Revised Version calls Achan the son of Carmi, the grandson of Zabdi and the great-grandson of Zerah.
Cited evidence: JOS 7:1, engwebp / JOS 7:16–18, engwebp
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