His father made him the chief Not in inheriting the estate, (this was forbidden by the law,) but in this service, for which he was better qualified than his elder brother.
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1 Chronicles 26:10
10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)