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Chronicles Chapter Two
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 2
This
chapter begins with the twelve sons of Israel or Jacob, 1 Chronicles 2:1,
then reckons the sons of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, 1 Chronicles 2:3,
then the posterity of Pharez and Zerah, sons of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:5,
next the sons of Hezron, a son of Pharez, 1 Chronicles 2:9,
particularly the posterity of Ram, a son of Hezron, from whom sprung Jesse and
his family, 1 Chronicles 2:10,
then of Caleb: another son of Hezron, 1 Chronicles 2:18,
and next of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, 1 Chronicles 1:25
and particularly the posterity of Sheshan, a descendant of his, 1 Chronicles 1:34
and then other sons of Caleb, with their posterity, are reckoned, 1 Chronicles 1:42
and the chapter is closed with the families of the Scribes in Jabesh, the same
with the Kenites, 1 Chronicles 2:55.
1 Chronicles
2:1 These were
the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
YLT
1These [are] sons of Israel:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Verse 1-2
These are the sons of Israel,.... Or Jacob, the other
son of Isaac, who had the name of Israel given him, because of his power with
God, Genesis 32:28,
whose twelve sons are here mentioned by name; the first four according to their
birth of Leah, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; then the two sons of Zilpah,
Leah's handmaid, Issachar and Zebulun; and between Dan and Naphtali, the sons
of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, are placed Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of
Rachel.
1 Chronicles
2:2 2 Dan,
Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
YLT
2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
1 Chronicles 2:3 3 The sons of Judah were
Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of
Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of
the Lord;
so He killed him.
YLT
3Sons of Judah: Er, and
Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the
Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and
He putteth him to death.
The sons of Judah,.... The genealogy begins with him, though
the fourth son of Jacob; because, as Kimchi says, this book treats chiefly of
the kings of Judah; but rather not only because Jesse and David sprang from
him, but also the King Messiah:
Er, and Onan, and Shelah, which three were born unto him of the
daughter of Shua the Canaanitess; see Genesis 38:2,
and Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; because he
did that which was evil:
and he slew him; he died by the immediate hand of God, and
so his brother Onan, being wicked also, Genesis 38:7.
1 Chronicles 2:4 4 And Tamar, his
daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were
five.
YLT
4And Tamar his
daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [are]
five.
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah,.... Through
incest; they were twins, Genesis 38:27 all
the sons of Judah were five; who are before mentioned by name.
1 Chronicles 2:5 5 The sons of Perez were
Hezron and Hamul.
YLT
5Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and
Hamul.
The sons of Pharez,.... One of the above twins, born to Judah:
Hezron and Hamul; see Genesis 46:12.
1 Chronicles 2:6 6 The sons of Zerah were
Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.
YLT
6And sons of Zerah: Zimri,
and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five.
And the sons of Zerah,.... The other twin of
Judah:
Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them
in all; the Targum calls them governors, and adds, on whom the spirit of
prophecy dwelt; and in the Jewish chronologyF14Seder Olam Rabba, c.
20. p. 52. they are said to prophesy in Egypt; and the four last are supposed
to be the same with those in 1 Kings 4:31. See
Gill on 1 Kings 4:31.
1 Chronicles 2:7 7 The son of Carmi was
Achar,[a] the
troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.
YLT
7And sons of Carmi: Achar,
troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing.
And the sons of Carmi,.... The Targum adds,
this is Zimri; but in Joshua 7:1 Carmi is
said to be the son of Zabdi, who seems to be the same with Zimri; and some
supply the word here, and readF15So Junius & Tremellius, &
Piscator. the sons of Zimri, Carmi, Achar, who was the grandson of Zimri; his
proper name was Achan, Joshua 7:1, but
called Achar here by way of reproach, as Jarchi and others observe; being, as
it follows:
the troubler of Israel, as Achar signifies:
"who transgressed in the thing accursed"; devoted to the Lord, by
taking it away for his own use, see Joshua 6:17, hence
the valley in which he was put to death was called Achor, Joshua 6:26.
1 Chronicles 2:8 8 The son of Ethan was
Azariah.
YLT
8And sons of Ethan: Azariah.
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. Including his posterity,
see Genesis 46:23, the
posterity of the other three sons of Zerah are not mentioned, either because
the writer could not find the genealogy of them, as Kimchi; or rather, as he
thinks, he cuts short the genealogy of Zerah, because the kingdom did not
proceed from him, and returns to the genealogy of Hezron, from whence it did,
or perhaps they had no children.
1 Chronicles 2:9 9 Also the sons of Hezron
who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.[b]
YLT
9And sons of Hezron who were
born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him,.... The
Targum adds, in Timnath; but most likely in Egypt:
Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai; afterwards called Caleb.
1 Chronicles 2:10 10 Ram begot Amminadab, and
Amminadab begot Nahshon, leader of the children of Judah;
YLT
10And Ram begat Amminadab,
and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah;
Verses 10-12
And Ram begat Amminadab,.... Ram is the same with
Aram, Matthew 1:3 the
genealogy is carried down from him to Jesse in the same order as there, and in 4:19 only here Nahshon the son of Amminadab is called
the prince of the children of Judah; which Kimchi and Jarchi
say is written for the honour of David, who descended from him; and Salmon his
son is here called Salma.
1 Chronicles 2:11 11 Nahshon begot Salma,[c] and Salma
begot Boaz;
YLT
11and Nahshon begat Salma,
and Salma begat Boaz,
1 Chronicles 2:12 12 Boaz begot Obed, and Obed
begot Jesse;
YLT
12and Boaz begat Obed, and
Obed begat Jesse;
1 Chronicles 2:13 13 Jesse begot Eliab his
firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea[d] the third,
YLT
13and Jesse begat his
first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
Verses 13-15
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and
Shimma the third, Nathanael the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David
the seventh. But Jesse had eight sons, 1 Samuel 16:10, one
of them therefore is not reckoned, either because he was by another woman, and
the writer only mentions those that were of the same mother with David; this is
the opinion of Aben Ezra and Kimchi; some say he was dead before David came to
the kingdom; Kimchi mentions a Midrash, or exposition of theirs, according to
which his name was Elihu, and was younger than David, who is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 27:18,
and Jarchi observes, that the writer, having found the pearl (David), reckons
not the eighth son Elihu, though the Syriac and Arabic versions have inserted
him in this order, "Elihu the seventh, David the eighth"; some take
the eighth to be a grandson of Jesse, Jonathan the son of Shimea, 2 Samuel 21:21 the
third son of Jesse, here called Shimma, as he is Shammah, 1 Samuel 16:9.
1 Chronicles 2:14 14 Nethanel the fourth,
Raddai the fifth,
YLT
14Nethaneel the fourth,
Raddai the fifth,
1 Chronicles 2:15 15 Ozem the sixth, and
David the seventh.
YLT
15Ozem the sixth, David the
seventh,
1 Chronicles 2:16 16 Now their sisters were
Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and
Asahel—three.
YLT
16and their sisters Zeruiah
and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El -- three.
Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail..... That is,
sisters of David:
and the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three; all valiant
men and captains in David's army; their father's name is nowhere mentioned.
1 Chronicles 2:17 17 Abigail bore Amasa; and
the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.[e]
YLT
17And Abigail hath borne
Amasa, and the father of Amasa [is] Jether the Ishmeelite.
And Abigail bare Amasa,.... Who was Absalom's
general, afterwards reconciled to David, and designed to be made general of his
army, but was slain by Joab, see 2 Samuel 17:25,
and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite; he is called
an Israelite, 2 Samuel 17:25, and
so in the Targum here, he being either a proselyte, or else he was an Israelite
by birth, but called an Ishmaelite, because he had dwelt among the Ishmaelites
some time, as Obededom is called the Gittite for the like reason; so Jarchi and
Kimchi interpret it.
1 Chronicles 2:18 18 Caleb the son of Hezron
had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her
sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
YLT
18And Caleb son of Hezron
hath begotten Azubah, Isshah, and Jerioth; and these [are] her sons: Jesher,
and Shobab, and Ardon.
And Caleb the son of Hezron,.... The same that is
called Chelubai, 1 Chronicles 2:9
but not the same with Caleb the son of Jephunneh, made mention of in the books
of Numbers, Joshua, and Judges:
he begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; who were both
his wives; or it may be rather, since Azubah is so particularly called his
wife, Jerioth might be a concubine: or of Azubah he begat Jerioth; so the
Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions; though it seems best with HillerusF16Onomastic.
Sacr. p. 568. to interpret these names of the same person, and render the last
clause, "that is, of Jerioth", of her whose name also was Jerioth,
Azubah having two names; and the rather, since only the children of one are
mentioned, as follows:
her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon of whom we
read nowhere else; the Targum says, Azubah was so called, because she was
barren and despised, which this clause contradicts.
1 Chronicles 2:19 19 When Azubah died, Caleb
took Ephrath[f] as his
wife, who bore him Hur.
YLT
19And Azubah dieth, and Caleb
taketh to him Ephrath, and she beareth to him Hur.
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath,.... The
Targum is, "Miriam, who was called Ephrath"; but, according to
JosephusF17Antiqu. l. 3. c. 2. , it was his son Hur that was the
husband of Miriam the sister of Moses:
which bare him Hur; See Gill on Exodus 17:10.
1 Chronicles 2:20 20 And Hur begot Uri, and Uri
begot Bezalel.
YLT
20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri
begat Bezaleel.
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. Who yet is not
thought to be the same Bezaleel we read of in Exodus 31:2 though
the fathers and grandfathers of both have the same names, and were of the same
tribe.
1 Chronicles 2:21 21 Now afterward Hezron went
in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was
sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
YLT
21And afterwards hath Hezron
gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and
he [is] a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub.
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father
of Gilead,.... Which Machir was the son of Manasseh, and Gilead was his
grandson, Numbers 26:29 the
Targum is,"but he enticed a virgin, the daughter of Machir;'which
suggests, that he committed fornication with her, though he afterwards married
her; her name is not mentioned; to me it seems to be Abiah, 1 Chronicles 2:24
and whom the Targum there calls the daughter of Machir:
whom he married when he was sixty years old; the Targum is
sixty six; this seems to be his last wife:
and she bare him Segub; the same name with the
youngest son of Hiel, who rebuilt Jericho, 1 Kings 16:34.
1 Chronicles 2:22 22 Segub begot Jair, who had
twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
YLT
22And Segub begat Jair, and
he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead,
And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty three cities in the land of
Gilead. Which, according to Kimchi, he inherited in right of his wife,
which, he says, he took out of the land of Gilead; but they seem to be rather
what he took by force of arms from the former inhabitants; see Numbers 32:41.
1 Chronicles 2:23 23 (Geshur and Syria took
from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns—sixty towns.) All these belonged
to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
YLT
23and he taketh Geshur and
Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns,
sixty cities -- all these [belonged to] the sons of Machir father of Gilead.
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,.... Cities or
countries which the Geshurites and Aramaeans, or Syrians, before inhabited; and
which he took from them, together with other towns, which, being taken by him,
were called after his name; the Targum is, the Geshurites and Aramaeans took
the villages of Jair from them; that is, from the sons of Jair in later times;
see Joshua 12:5.
with Kenath, and the towns thereof; which Jair took by Nobah
his general, and called it after his name, Numbers 32:42, even
sixty cities; see Deuteronomy 3:4.
all these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead: being given
him by Moses, Numbers 32:40.
1 Chronicles 2:24 24 After Hezron died in Caleb
Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
YLT
24And after the death of
Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, even beareth to him
Asshur, father of Tekoa.
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah,.... Supposed
to be the same with Bethlehem; and was so called, both from Caleb the son of
Hezron, and Ephrath his wife, 1 Chronicles 2:19,
then Abiah, Hezron's wife, bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa; being left
with child by him at his death; the whole verse is paraphrased thus in the
Targum,"and after Hezron died in the house of Caleb his son in Ephrath,
the wife of Hezron the daughter of Machir was left with child, and she bare to
him after his death Ashur the prince of the Tekoites;'whose son gave name very
probably to the city of Tekoa, 2 Samuel 14:2.
1 Chronicles 2:25 25 The sons of Jerahmeel, the
firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and
Ahijah.
YLT
25And sons of Jerahmeel,
first-born of Hezron, are: the first-born Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem,
Ahijah.
And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the
firstborn,.... So called by his father after the name of his brother, see 1 Chronicles 2:9.
and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah; or "of
Ahijah", as someF18Junius, Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.
render it, this being the name of his wife, who bare him the sons before named,
since mention is made of another wife in the next verse.
1 Chronicles 2:26 26 Jerahmeel had another
wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
YLT
26And Jerahmeel hath another
wife, and her name [is] Atarah, she [is] mother of Onam.
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah,.... Distinct
from his wife before named; or "another woman", which is a phrase for
an harlot or concubine, Judges 11:2 which
she might be, as Kimchi observes; though the former seems best:
she was the mother of Onam; and perhaps was the only
son she bore to Jerahmeel, of whose sons see 1 Chronicles 2:28.
1 Chronicles 2:27 27 The sons of Ram, the
firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
YLT
27And sons of Ram, first-born
of Jerahmeel, are Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel,.... By his
first wife:
were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker; of whom no other notice
is taken; perhaps they left no children.
1 Chronicles 2:28 28 The sons of Onam were
Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
YLT
28And sons of Onam are
Shammai and Jada. And sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
And the sons of Onam,.... The son of Jerahmeel
by his other wife:
were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur; whose
posterity are mentioned in the two following verses.
1 Chronicles 2:29 29 And the name of the wife
of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
YLT
29And the name of the wife of
Abishur [is] Abihail, and she beareth to him Ahban and Molid.
And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail,.... Of the
same name was a wife of Rehoboam, a daughter of his grandfather David's eldest
brother, Eliab, 2 Chronicles 11:18.
and she bare him Ahban, and Molid; which are no more
mentioned, they perhaps leaving no posterity.
1 Chronicles 2:30 30 The sons of Nadab were
Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children.
YLT
30And sons of Nadab: Seled,
and Appaim; and Seled dieth without sons.
And the sons of Nadab,.... The eldest son of
Shammai, 1 Chronicles 2:28,
Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children; and therefore
we hear no more of him.
1 Chronicles 2:31 31 The son of Appaim was
Ishi, the son of Ishi was Sheshan, and Sheshan’s son was Ahlai.
YLT
31And sons of Appaim: Ishi.
And sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan,.... Though
they had each of them but one son, yet the plural number is used, their
posterity being included, as in 1 Chronicles 2:8
and so in the next clause:
and the children of Sheshan; Ahlai; who, from 1 Chronicles 2:34
appears to be a daughter.
1 Chronicles 2:32 32 The sons of Jada, the
brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without
children.
YLT
32And sons of Jada, brother
of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons.
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai,.... 1 Chronicles 2:28,
Jether and Jonathan: and Jether died without children; the posterity
of Jonathan are given the next verse.
1 Chronicles 2:33 33 The sons of Jonathan were
Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
YLT
33And sons of Jonathan:
Peleth, and Zaza. These were sons of Jerahmeel.
And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth and Zaza,.... Of whom
no mention is made elsewhere:
these were the sons of Jerahmeel; not only his immediate
sons, but their posterity, called from him Jerahmeelites, 1 Samuel 27:10.
1 Chronicles 2:34 34 Now Sheshan had no sons,
only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was
Jarha.
YLT
34And Sheshan had no sons,
but daughters, and Sheshan hath a servant, an Egyptian, and his name [is]
Jarha,
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters,.... And but
one of that sort, whose name was Ahlai, 1 Chronicles 2:31
the plural being put here for the singular; or, if that is the name of a son,
as some think, he died in his father's lifetime, and left no issue; so that
there only remained daughters, and it seems but one by the next verse:
and Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha; one born in
his house, and brought up by him, and a proselyte, such an one as Eliezer in
Abraham's family.
1 Chronicles 2:35 35 Sheshan gave his daughter
to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.
YLT
35and Sheshan giveth his
daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai;
Verses 35-41
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife,.... Having
first given him his freedom, as the Targum premises; this daughter seems to be
Ahlai, 1 Chronicles 2:31
which receives confirmation from Zabad, one of the descendants of this man, 1 Chronicles 2:36,
being said to be the son of Ahlai, 1 Chronicles 11:41,
that is, great-grandson:
and she bare him Attai; the genealogy of whose
descendants is given to the end of 1 Chronicles 2:41,
of whom no mention is made elsewhere, but of Zabad, as before observed; and,
according to the Jews, it is given for the sake of Ishmael, the son of
Nethaniah the son of Elishama, the last person mentioned in this genealogy;
which Ishmael slew Gedaliah governor of Jerusalem, and is said to be of the
seed royal, Jeremiah 41:1.
1 Chronicles 2:36 36 Attai begot Nathan, and
Nathan begot Zabad;
YLT
36and Attai begat Nathan, and
Nathan begat Zabad,
1 Chronicles 2:37 37 Zabad begot Ephlal, and
Ephlal begot Obed;
YLT
37and Zabad begat Ephlal, and
Ephlal begat Obed,
1 Chronicles 2:38 38 Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu
begot Azariah;
YLT
38and Obed begat Jehu,
1 Chronicles 2:39 39 Azariah begot Helez, and
Helez begot Eleasah;
YLT
39and Jehu begat Azariah, and
Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
1 Chronicles 2:40 40 Eleasah begot Sismai, and
Sismai begot Shallum;
YLT
40and Eleasah begat Sismai,
and Sismai begat Shallum,
1 Chronicles 2:41 41 Shallum begot Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
YLT
41and Shallum begat Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
1 Chronicles 2:42 42 The descendants of Caleb
the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father
of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
YLT
42And sons of Caleb brother
of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he [is] father of Ziph; and sons of
Mareshah: Abi-Hebron.
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel,.... Called
Chelubai, 1 Chronicles 2:9
and is the same Caleb spoken of in 1 Chronicles 2:18
and his sons next reckoned were by a third wife, Azubah, Ephrath being dead, 1 Chronicles 2:19
and these sons were
Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; who gave name
to the city of Ziph; there were two of this name in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:24 or
this is the title of Mesha, governor of the city of Ziph; so the Targum calls
him, prince of the Ziphites:
and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron; according to
Kimchi and Ben Melech, the words are to be supplied thus, "and the sons of
Ziph were Mareshah the father of Hebron"; which, though sometimes the name
of a city in the tribe of Judah, is here the name of a man, from whom, perhaps,
the city had its name, since Hebron is said to have sons in the next verse;
Jarchi makes Mesha to be the prince of Ziph, and prince of the children of
Mareshah, and prince of Hebron.
1 Chronicles 2:43 43 The sons of Hebron were
Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
YLT
43And sons of Hebron: Korah,
and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. One of these,
Tappuah, is the name of a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:34 and
there is also Bethtappuah in the same tribe, 1 Chronicles 2:53
which one, or both, might have their name from this man; and Shema also, 1 Chronicles 2:26.
1 Chronicles 2:44 44 Shema begot Raham the
father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai.
YLT
44And Shema begat Raham
father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai.
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam,.... Which
HillerusF19Onomast. Sacr. p. 329. takes to be the name of a city in
the tribe of Judah; and Jarchi's note is, that wherever the word
"father" is here used, it is to be understood of the prince of a city
that follows:
and Rekem begat Shammai; there is a descendant of
Jerahmeel, the brother of Caleb, of this name, 1 Chronicles 2:28.
1 Chronicles 2:45 45 And the son of Shammai was
Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
YLT
45And a son of Shammai [is]
Maon, and Maon [is] father of Beth-Zur.
And the son of Shammai was Maon,.... Who gave name to a
city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:55 see 1 Samuel 23:24.
and Maon was the father of Bethzur; prince of a very strong
fortified city of this name in the same tribe, Joshua 15:58,
unless this was a son of Maon's, from whom the city had its name.
1 Chronicles 2:46 46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine,
bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.
YLT
46And Ephah concubine of
Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
And Ephah Caleb's concubine bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez,.... An
half-wife, or secondary wife; for though this man seems not to have had more
wives than one at a time, yet he had concubines with them; we read of another
after this, if not a third:
and Haran begat Gazez; whom he so named after
his brother.
1 Chronicles 2:47 47 And the sons of Jahdai were
Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
YLT
47And sons of Jahdai: Regem,
and Jotham, and Geshem, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
And the sons of Jahdai,.... Who is not mentioned
by this name before; perhaps the same with Moza, who might have two names,
though, according to HillerusF20Onomast. Sacr. p. 841. , he was the
son of Moza; some take it to be the name of another of Caleb's concubines, by
whom he had the six following sons:
Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph; one of these,
Pelet perhaps, gave name to Bethpalet in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:27.
1 Chronicles 2:48 48 Maachah, Caleb’s
concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
YLT
48The concubine of Caleb,
Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah;
Maachah, Caleb's concubine,.... Another concubine of
his:
bare Sheber, and Tirhanah; or of whom Caleb begot
those two; for the verb is masculine; so Kimchi.
1 Chronicles 2:49 49 She also bore Shaaph the
father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And
the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
YLT
49and she beareth Shaaph
father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah, and father of Gibea; and a
daughter of Caleb [is] Achsa.
She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah,.... Prince of
a place so called, in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:31.
Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibeah; prince of two
cities of those names in the same tribe; of the latter see Joshua 15:57,
and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah; Caleb, the
son of Jephunneh, had a daughter of this name, but neither he nor she are here
meant, Joshua 15:16 but by
whom Caleb, the son of Hezron, had this daughter, is not said; perhaps by
Maachah his concubine last mentioned.
1 Chronicles 2:50 50 These were the descendants
of Caleb: The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the
father of Kirjath Jearim,
YLT
50These were sons of Caleb
son of Hur, first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim,
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of
Ephratah,.... This is another Caleb, the grandson of Caleb the son of
Hezron, called after his name; he was the son of Hur, the firstborn of his wife
Ephratah, 1 Chronicles 2:19.
Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim: of the inhabitants of
that place; they sprung from him; or, as the Targum, he was prince of
Kirjathjearim, a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:60.
1 Chronicles 2:51 51 Salma the father of
Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
YLT
51Salma father of Beth-Lehem,
Hareph father of Beth-Gader.
Salma the father of Bethlehem,.... Or prince of
Bethlehem, as the Targum; not the same as in 1 Chronicles 2:11
he was the son of Nahshon, this of the younger Caleb:
Hareph, the father of Bethgader; prince of a place of
that name called Gedor, 1 Chronicles 4:4,
and where this man's name is Penuel; Gedor was in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:58.
1 Chronicles 2:52 52 And Shobal the father of
Kirjath Jearim had descendants: Haroeh, and half of the families of
Manuhoth.[g]
YLT
52And there are sons to
Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim: Haroeh, half of the Menuhothite;
And Shobal, the father of Kirjathjearim had sons,.... Which
shows that Kirjathjearim is not the name of a man, or of any of Shobal's sons,
who are next mentioned, but of a place of which he was prince: the first is
Haroeh, who is called Reaiah, 1 Chronicles 4:2 a
word of the same signification:
and half of the Manahethites; which Kimchi takes to be
the proper name of a man called Chatzihamanaheth, another son of Shobal's; but Jarchi
interprets it of the name of a place or province called Manahath, 1 Chronicles 8:6
over half of which Haroeh was governor.
1 Chronicles 2:53 53 The families of Kirjath
Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the
Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
YLT
53and the families of
Kirjath-Jearim: the Ithrite, and the Puhite, and the Shumathite, and the Mishraite:
from these went out the Zareathite, and the Eshtaulite.
And the families of Kirjathjearim,.... That dwelt there, of
which Shobal was prince, and who sprung from him, are as follow:
the Ithrite, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; who had their
names from Jether, Putha, Shumath, and Mishra, descendants of Shobal:
of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites; that is, from
the Mishraites sprung the inhabitants of Zeroth and Eshtaol, places in the
tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:33.
1 Chronicles 2:54 54 The sons of Salma were
Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and
the Zorites.
YLT
54Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem,
and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the
Zorite;
The sons of Salma,.... Another son of the younger Caleb, 1 Chronicles 2:50
whose sons were Bethlehem, the inhabitants of the place, at least many of them,
of which he was prince, 1 Chronicles 2:51
and the Netophathite; the inhabitants of Netophah, a place in the tribe of
Judah, mentioned along with Bethlehem, Nehemiah 7:26 these
sprung from Salma:
Ataroth, the house of Joab; Ataroth seems to be the
name of a place in the tribe of Judah, where the family of Joab lived, the
inhabitants of which were the descendants of Salma:
and half of the Manahethites; the other half of the
inhabitants of Manahath, see 1 Chronicles 2:52,
the Zorites; part also of them, called Zareathites, 1 Chronicles 2:53.
1 Chronicles 2:55 55 And the families of the
scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and
the Suchathites. These were the Kenites who came from Hammath, the
father of the house of Rechab.
YLT
55and the families of the
scribes the inhabitants of Jabez: Tirathites, Shimeathites, Suchathites. They
[are] the Kenites, those coming of Hammath father of the house of Rechab.
And the families of the
scribes which dwelt at Jabez,.... A city in Judah, the founder of which,
perhaps, was Jabez, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:9 in
which learned men dwelt:
the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites; who sprung
from men whose names were Tira, Shimea, and Sucha; and if they were not the
posterity of Salma, yet dwelt among his, and so are reckoned with them; perhaps
the latter might have their name from dwelling in tents; the former clause may
be rendered, "that dwelt with Jabez", who was their master, and they
his scholars; in the Vulgate Latin version the words are rendered as
appellatives, "singing and resounding, and dwelling in tents": Conrad
Pellican, on the place, goes a middle way, and interprets these families as
dwelling with Jabez their master, and they his scholars, and that they were
called by their progenitors Tirathites, because learned and ingenious, and
praecentors of the divine oracles; Shimeathites, because they diligently
hearkened to the sacred songs, and the doctrines of the law of God; and
Suchathites, because they dwelt not in cities, but in tents, despisers of all
worldly things, that they might freely attend to learn:
these are the Kenites; that is, the Suchathites
are the Kenites, who, it is well known, dwelt in tents, and not in cities;
though Jarchi takes these Kenites to be the inhabitants of Cain, a city in the
tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57 but
they seem rather to be the Kenites that sprung from Jethro, here made mention
of, because some of them dwelt in the tribe of Judah, and among the posterity
of Salma, see Judges 1:16.
that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab; the prince of
that family, and who from Rechab were called Rechabites, Jeremiah 35:2.
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