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Chronicles Chapter Four
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4
In
this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah, and of some principal
families in it, 1 Chronicles 4:1
and of the tribe of Simeon, their families, cities, and villages, 1 Chronicles 4:24
and of the enlargement of their borders, and conquest of the Amalekites, 1 Chronicles 4:39.
1 Chronicles
4:1 The sons of
Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
YLT
1Sons of Judah: Pharez,
Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
The sons of Judah: Pharez,.... The posterity of
Judah in the line of Pharez, for he only is mentioned:
Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. Hezron was
the son of Pharez, and Carmi is supposed to be Chelubai, or Caleb, the son of
Hezron; and Hur the son of Caleb; and Shobal was the son of the second Caleb
the son of Hur; see 1 Chronicles 2:5.
1 Chronicles
4:2 2 And
Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These
were the families of the Zorathites.
YLT
2And Reaiah son of Shobal
begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad; these [are] families of the
Zorathite.
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath,.... Reaiah is
the same with Haroeh, 1 Chronicles 2:52
the names are of the same signification:
and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites; who inhabited Zoreah, as the Targum, at least part of it; see 1 Chronicles 2:53.
1 Chronicles
4:3 3 These
were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the
name of their sister was Hazelelponi;
YLT
3And these [are] of the
father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister
[is] Hazzelelponi,
And these were of the father of Etam,.... Or of the
prince of Etam: or, as the Targum, these are princes that dwelt in Etam, a
place not far from Zorah, Judges 15:8 and is
mentioned with Bethlehem and Tekoa in the tribe of Judah, 2 Chronicles 11:6,
namely, which follow:
Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; these were the sons of
the governor of Etam:
and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; who, perhaps,
was a person of great note in those days, though now unknown; indeed, a Jewish
chronologerF23Juchasin, fol. 10. 2. tells us, that the mother of
Samson was Hazalelponith, of the tribe of Judah.
1 Chronicles
4:4 4 and
Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of
Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the
father of Bethlehem.
YLT
4and Penuel [is] father of
Gedor, and Ezer father of Hushah. These [are] sons of Hur, first-born of
Ephratah, father of Beth-Lehem.
And Penuel the father of Gedor,.... The prince of that
place, according to some, and the same with Hareph, 1 Chronicles 2:51,
and Ezer the father of Hushah: thought to be the same
with Shuah, 1 Chronicles 4:11,
these are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Caleb's wife,
1 Chronicles 2:19
the Targum adds, the same with Miriam; and so other Jewish writersF24Shemot
Rabba, sect. 1. fol. 90. 4. Yalkut in 1 Chron. ii. 19. say, Miriam had two
names, and one was Ephratah; though Josephus makesF25Antiqu. l. 3.
c. 2. Hur to be her husband, and not her son, as here:
who was the father of Bethlehem; of the inhabitants of
that city, at least part of them, or prince of that place, as his grandson
Salma also was, 1 Chronicles 2:51.
1 Chronicles 4:5 5 And Ashhur the father of
Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
YLT
5And to Ashhur father of
Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah;
And Ashur the father of Tekoa,.... A son of Hezron by
Abiah, 1 Chronicles 2:24.
had two wives, Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had, polygamy
not being reckoned unlawful in those times.
1 Chronicles 4:6 6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam,
Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
YLT
6and Naarah beareth to him
Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari: these [are] sons of Naarah.
And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and
Haahashtari,.... Of whom we have no account elsewhere:
these were the sons of Naarah; the second wife of
Ashur.
1 Chronicles 4:7 7 The sons of Helah were
Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;
YLT
7And sons of Helah: Zereth,
and Zohar, and Ethnan.
And the sons of Helah,.... The other wife:
were Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan: nowhere else mentioned.
1 Chronicles 4:8 8 and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah,
and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
YLT
8And Coz begat Anub, and
Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.
And Coz,.... Another son of Helah, and brother of the before mentioned:
begat Anub, and Zobebah; of whom we nowhere else
read:
and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum; these were of
the posterity of Coz; the Targum is,
"and
the family of Aharhel, this is Hur, the firstborn of Miriam;'which is not at
all probable.
1 Chronicles 4:9 9 Now Jabez was more
honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez,[a] saying,
“Because I bore him in pain.”
YLT
9And Jabez is honoured above
his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, `Because I have
brought forth with grief.'
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren,.... The
Targum adds,"and wiser in the law than his brethren;'or he might be a man
of great wealth and riches, or of great strength and courage, all which make a
man honourable; or he may be so called, because a praying man, as follows, a
man of devotion and religion, a man of God, see 1 Samuel 9:6, but
who he was is not easy to say, probably a son or brother of Harum, or however
that belonged to one of the families of Aharhel, mentioned in the preceding
verse; for that he was Othniel, as say the Targumist and other Jewish writersF26T.
Bab. Temurah, fol. 16. 1. , is not probable, and besides is after spoken of
distinct from him, 1 Chronicles 4:13.
and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, because I bare him
with sorrow; either with sorrow for her husband, being dead, or by reason of
very sharp pains she endured at the birth of him; he was another Benoni.
1 Chronicles 4:10 10 And Jabez called on the God
of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my
territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me
from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.
YLT
10And Jabez calleth to the
God of Israel, saying, `If blessing Thou dost bless me, then Thou hast made
great my border, and Thy hand hath been with me, and Thou hast kept [me] from
evil -- not to grieve me;' and God bringeth in that which he asked.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel,.... Or prayed
to him, as the Targum; though some understand it as a vow, promising what he
would do if God would do thus and thus for him; the Syriac and Arabic versions
read in the third person, taking it to be what others, his parents and friends,
wished for him:
let him bless thee,.... but they are doubtless his own words,
and a supplication of his to the Lord:
saying, oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed; the Targum
adds, with children; but he no doubt prayed for greater blessings than any
outward or temporal ones are, even spiritual blessings, covenant blessings, the
sure mercies of David, which are solid, substantial, durable, and irreversible:
and enlarge my coast; the Targum
is,"multiply my borders with disciples.'It may be understood of an enlargement
of the borders of his country, by expelling the Canaanites that might dwell in
it, and of an increase of his worldly substance for good ends and purposes; or
rather of a spiritual enlargement by deliverance from spiritual enemies, and of
grace as to exercise; and particularly of spiritual light and knowledge, and of
the affections and desires of the soul after divine things, see Psalm 4:1.
and that thine hand might be with me; the Targum
adds, in business, prospering and succeeding him; the sense may be, that his
hand of providence might be with him to protect him, of grace and love to
comfort and help him in every time of need, of wisdom to direct him, and of
power to keep him:
and that thou wouldest keep me from evil; from the evil
of affliction, and especially from the evil of sin, and from the evil one,
Satan, and from all evil men and evil company; the Targum is,"and make me
companions such as I am:'that it may not grieve me; alluding to his name Jabez,
which he had from the sorrow and grief of his mother; and nothing is more
grieving to a good man than the evil of sin, so contrary to the nature and will
of God, being committed against a God of infinite love, grace, and mercy,
whereby the name, ways, and truths of Christ are dishonoured, and the Spirit of
God grieved, and saints are bereaved of much comfort; and therefore desire to
be kept from it, knowing they cannot keep themselves, but the Lord can and
will, at least from the tyranny of it, and destruction by it: the Targum
is,"lest the evil figment (or corruption of nature) should move or provoke
me:"
and God granted him that which he requested; as he does
whatever is asked in faith, according to his will, and will make for his glory,
and the good of his people; see 1 John 5:14.
1 Chronicles 4:11 11 Chelub the brother of
Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
YLT
11And Chelub brother of Shuah
begat Mehir; he [is] father of Eshton.
And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir,.... If Shuah
is the same with Hushah, 1 Chronicles 4:4,
then Chelub was the son of Ezer:
which was the father of Eshton; not the prince of a
place called Eshton, as Vatablus; for it is the name of a man, the son of
Mehir, and who in the next verse is said to beget sons.
1 Chronicles 4:12 12 And Eshton begot
Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash. These were the
men of Rechah.
YLT
12And Eshton begat
Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-Nahash; these [are] men of
Rechah.
And Eshton begat Bethrapha,.... Or the family of
Rapha:
and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash; or the city
of Nahash; Tehinnah seems to have been the prince or governor of a city, so
called:
these are the men of Rechah; these sons of Eshton
dwelt in a place called Rechah; the Targum, without any reason, says, these are
the men of the great sanhedrim.
1 Chronicles 4:13 13 The sons of Kenaz were
Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath,[b]
YLT
13And sons of Kenaz: Othniel,
and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.
And the sons of Kenaz,.... Who was either the
son of Chelub, or of Eshton:
Othniel, and Seraiah; the first of these is he
who is mentioned, Joshua 15:17 and
was the first judge in Israel:
and the son of Othniel, Hathath; and the next mentioned.
1 Chronicles 4:14 14 and Meonothai who
begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim,[c] for they
were craftsmen.
YLT
14And Meonothai begat Ophrah,
and Seraiah begat Joab father of the valley of artificers, for they were
artificers.
And Meonothai,.... Another son of Othniel:
begat Ophrah; and Seraiah, the brother of Othniel, begat Joab; not David's
general, but another of the same name, who lived long before him, see 1 Chronicles 2:54.
the father of the valley of Charashim: of the
inhabitants of the valley, or the prince of them, called the valley of
craftsmen, Nehemiah 11:35 the
reason of which is here given:
for they were craftsmen; that dwelt in it,
carpenters and smiths, both which the word signifies, men that wrought in
stone, wood, and iron.
1 Chronicles 4:15 15 The sons of Caleb the son
of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz.
YLT
15And sons of Caleb son of
Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh,.... Jephunneh
is not the same with Hezron, as the Targum, but another son of Kenaz, hence
called the Kenezite, Joshua 14:6 and
brother of Othniel; and Caleb his son is the same that was sent one of the
spies of the land of Canaan by Moses, see Numbers 13:6.
his sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam; of whom we nowhere else
read:
and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz; another Kenaz, or rather
it should be read Uknaz; so Jarchi and Kimchi.
1 Chronicles 4:16 16 The sons of Jehallelel were
Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
YLT
16And sons of Jehaleleel:
Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
And the sons of Jehaleleel,.... Who probably was the
son of Uknaz:
Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel; there were
two cities in the tribe of Judah of the name of Ziph, Joshua 15:24, which
might be called from these men, or from Ziph in 1 Chronicles 2:42.
1 Chronicles 4:17 17 The sons of Ezrah were
Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife[d] bore Miriam,
Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
YLT
17And sons of Ezra [are]
Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai,
and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.
And the sons of Ezra,.... Who was perhaps the
son of Asareel, last mentioned:
Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; only one of
them, Mered, is after mentioned:
and she bare Miriam; which is not the name of
a woman, but of a man, as Kimchi observes; and, according to him, his mother
was the wife of Mered, which he gathers from the next verse; though she seems
to be the wife of Ezra, who bare him other sons:
and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa; a prince of a
city in the tribe of Judah, so called, Joshua 15:50.
1 Chronicles 4:18 18 (His wife Jehudijah[e] bore Jered
the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of
Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered
took.
YLT
18And his wife Jehudijah bare
Jered father of Gedor, and Heber father of Socho, and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah.
And these [are] sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took,
And his wife Jehudijah,.... Another wife of
Ezra; or, according to Kimchi, of Mered; a Jewess, as the word is by some
rendered, to distinguish her from another wife, an Egyptian, in the latter part
of the verse:
bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and
Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah; who were princes, as Jarchi seems rightly
to observe; of several cities of these names in the tribe of Judah, as of
Gedor, see Joshua 15:58, of
Socoh, Joshua 15:35, of
Zanoah, Joshua 15:34, the
Targum interprets the names of all these men of Moses, whom Pharaoh's daughter
brought up; and so other Jewish writersF1T. Bab. Megillah, fol. 13.
1. Vajikra Rabba, sect. 1. fol. 146. 3. , into which mistake they were led by
what follows:
and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, which
Mered took; that is, to wife; this Mered was one of the sons of Ezra, 1 Chronicles 4:17
the Targum, and other Jewish writersF2T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 19. 2.
& Megillah, fol. 13. 1. , say this was Caleb, called Mered, because he
rebelled against the counsel of the spies; but this contradicts their other
notion of Jehudijah, or Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter, whom he married, the one
who brought up Moses, since Moses was elder than Caleb; but Bithiah, whom Mered
married, was not a daughter of Pharaoh king of Egypt, but of an Israelite of
this name; her sons are supposed to be those in the latter part of 1 Chronicles 4:17.
1 Chronicles 4:19 19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife,
the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of
Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
YLT
19and sons of the wife of
Hodiah sister of Nahom: Abi-Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
And the sons of his wife Hodiah,.... Another wife of
Mered. HillerusF3Onomastic. Sacr. p. 836. takes her to be the same
with Jehudijah, 1 Chronicles 4:18,
though someF4Michaelis in loc. take Hodiah to be the name of a man,
and read the words, "and the sons of the wife of Hodiah"; which wife
of Hodiah was
the sister of Naham; or rather Achotnaham, we
render the sister of Naham, is the name of the first son of Hodiah, as some
thinkF5Beckii Not. in Targ. 1 Chron. iv. 19. :
the father of Keilah the Garmite; prince of the city of
Keilah, in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:44 who
sprung from the family of Garmi:
and Eshtemoa the Maachathite; the father or prince of
the inhabitants of Eshtemoa, another city in the same tribe, see 1 Chronicles 4:17
who sprung from Maachah, see 1 Chronicles 2:48.
1 Chronicles 4:20 20 And the sons of Shimon were
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth
and Ben-Zoheth.
YLT
20And sons of Shimon [are]
Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanon, and Tilon; and sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and
Ben-Zoheth.
And the sons of Shimon,.... Perhaps another son
of Mered by his last wife, or the same with Shammai, 1 Chronicles 4:17
were
Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon; nowhere else
mentioned:
and the sons of Ishi: who it may be was the
brother of Shimon or Tilon: were
Zoheth, and Benzoheth; of whom we know no more
than their names.
1 Chronicles 4:21 21 The sons of Shelah the son
of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and
the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;
YLT
21Sons of Shelah son of
Judah: Er father of Lecah, and Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of
the house of the service of fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were,.... The
genealogy of the posterity of Judah, in the lines of Pharez and Zerah, being
given, and very largely in that of the former, because of the honour of David,
and his kingdom, which sprang from thence, as Jarchi observes, and also the
King Messiah, the writer returns to give an account of his posterity by Shelah,
a son he had by the daughter of Shuah, Genesis 38:2 and
the only one that had children: which were as follow:
Er the father of Lecah: prince of a city of this
name in the tribe of Judah; Shelah gave him the name of Er, in memory of his
brother, Genesis 38:3,
and Laadah the father of Mareshah; prince of a city of this
name in the same tribe, Joshua 15:44.
and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of
the house of Ashbea; which last clause explains what house these families were of,
which sprang from Shelah, and were employed in making fine linen; the Targum
adds, for the garments of kings and priests, or for the curtains of the
tabernacle, as Jarchi; for not with the Egyptians and Greeks only fine linen
was made, but among the Hebrews, as PausaniasF6Eliac. 1. sive, l. 5.
p. 294. testifies.
1 Chronicles 4:22 22 also Jokim, the men of
Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the
records are ancient.
YLT
22and Jokim, and the men of
Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and
these things [are] ancient.
And Jokim,.... The Vulgate Latin version is:
and he that made the sun to stand: as if Joshua was meant;
and in the Talmud it isF7T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 2. said
Jokim, this is Joshua, who confirmed the oath to the Gibeonites; and the Targum
here is,
"and
the prophets of the scribes that sprang from the posterity of Joshua;'but
Joshua was of the tribe of Ephraim, and not of Judah; though some interpret it
of Elimelech, as Lyra observesF8So Heb. in Hieron. Trad. Heb. in
Paralip. fol. 81. M. , of whom the fable is, that the sun stood still at his
prayers, as it did in Joshua's time, to convert the men of Bethlehem; but Jokim
is no doubt the proper name of some famous man or family that descended from
Shelah:
and the men of Chozeba: which signifies a lie;
and the Targum interprets it of the Gibeonites, who lied to Joshua; but those
were Canaanites, and not of the posterity of Shelah, and tribe of Judah;
Chezib, or Achzib, a city in the tribe of Judah, very probably is meant, as
Kimchi, the very place where Shelah was born, Genesis 38:5 and where
dwelt some of his posterity:
and Joash and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab; some render
the word, "which married in Moab"; and so the Targum interprets it of
Mahlon and Chilion, who took wives of the daughters of Moab; but rather it is
to be understood of some who were governors in Moab in the times of David, when
Moab was subdued by him, 2 Samuel 8:2 or
however were such, who, at one time or another, made war with Moab, and
overcame them:
and Jashubilehem: which the Targumist understands of Boaz,
prince of the wise men of the school of Bethlehem, and the TalmudistsF9Ut
supra. (T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 2.) of Ruth, that dwelt in Bethlehem; and
may be interpreted of some of the inhabitants of that place which sprang from
Shelah; or rather is the name of a single man, famous in his time, though not
now known:
and these are ancient things; an account of persons
that lived in ancient times, and which the writer of this book gives not on his
own knowledge, but by tradition, or rather by inspiration.
1 Chronicles 4:23 23 These were the
potters and those who dwell at Netaim[f] and
Gederah;[g] there they
dwelt with the king for his work.
YLT
23They [are] the potters and
inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.
These were the potters,.... Or are the potters;
the posterity of those men, who were so famous in their day, are now of mean
employments: some of them made earthen pots; and some of them
dwelt among plants and hedges; or were employed in
planting gardens and orchards, and making fences for them; or, as others think,
"dwelt in Netaim and Gadara", cities in the tribe of Judah:
there they dwelt with the king for his work; to make pots,
plant gardens, and set hedges for him; either for the king of Judah, or it may
be for the king of Babylon, where they were carried captive, and now chose to
remain, doing those servile works for the king, without the city, in the
fields.
1 Chronicles 4:24 24 The sons of Simeon were
Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib,[h] Zerah,[i] and
Shaul,
YLT
24Sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and
Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
The sons of Simeon,.... The account of whom, next to the tribe
of Judah, is given before Reuben, because its inheritance lay in the tribe of
Judah, Joshua 19:1 his
sons were Nemuel, the same with Jemuel, Genesis 46:10.
and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul; who, in the place
referred to, is said to be the son of a Canaanitish woman; and Jarib and Zerah
are the same with Jachin and Zohar there: and Obed is here omitted, it may be
because he died without issue; see Numbers 26:12.
1 Chronicles 4:25 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam
his son, and Mishma his son.
YLT
25Shallum his son, Mibsam his
son, Mishma his son.
Shallum his son,.... The son of Shaul, and Mibsam was the
son of Shallum, and Mishma the son of Mibsam.
1 Chronicles 4:26 26 And the sons of Mishma were
Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son.
YLT
26And sons of Mishma: Hammuel
his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
And the sons of Mishma,.... These were Hamuel,
Zacchur, and Shimei.
1 Chronicles 4:27 27 Shimei had sixteen sons
and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of
their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.
YLT
27And to Shimei [are] sixteen
sons and six daughters, and to his brethren there are not many sons, and none
of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah.
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters,.... None of
which are mentioned by name:
but his brethren had not many children: Hamuel and
Zacchur:
neither did all their family multiply like to the children of
Judah: to show the fruitfulness and great increase of which tribe, the
genealogical account of it, in this and the two preceding chapters, is given.
1 Chronicles 4:28 28 They dwelt at Beersheba,
Moladah, Hazar Shual,
YLT
28And they dwell in
Beer-Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shaul,
Verses 28-31
And they dwelt at Beersheba,.... posterity of Simeon;
and this and the other places of their habitation are mentioned in the same
order, and with very little variation of names to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:31,
as in Joshua 19:2 and
here, at 1 Chronicles 4:31
it is added:
these were their cities unto the reign of David; when,
according to Kimchi, and other Jewish writers, he expelled them from thence,
and restored them to the tribe of Judah.
1 Chronicles 4:29 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
YLT
29and in Bilhah, and in Ezem,
and in Tolad,
1 Chronicles 4:30 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
YLT
30and in Bethuel, and in
Hormah, and in Ziklag,
1 Chronicles 4:31 31 Beth Marcaboth, Hazar
Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the
reign of David.
YLT
31and in Beth-Marcaboth, and
in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these [are] their cities
till the reigning of David.
1 Chronicles 4:32 32 And their villages were
Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities—
YLT
32And their villages [are]
Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and
Ashan, five cities. There are but four mentioned in Joshua 19:7 one
might be added since, or new built, namely, Tochen; these, according to Kimchi,
were all that remained for them to dwell in, in the times of David; and therefore
they were obliged to seek out for new settlements for themselves and flocks, as
in 1 Chronicles 4:39,
&c.
1 Chronicles 4:33 33 and all the villages that were
around these cities as far as Baal.[j] These were
their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy:
YLT
33and all their villages that
[are] round about these cities unto Baal; these [are] their dwellings, and they
have their genealogy:
And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto
Baal,.... The same with Baalathbeer, Joshua 19:8.
these were their habitations, and their genealogy; as before
described, until the times of David.
1 Chronicles 4:34 34 Meshobab, Jamlech, and
Joshah the son of Amaziah;
YLT
34even Meshobab, and Jamlech,
and Joshah son of Amaziah,
Verses 34-37
And Meshobab, and Jamlech,.... These, with those
that follow to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:37
were famous men in the tribe of Simeon, of rank and dignity, and eminent for
courage and valour, as the latter part of the chapter testifies, though they
are nowhere else taken notice of. Jamlech, as FabritiusF11Bibliothec.
Gr. l. 4. c. 28. p. 294. observes, is not very different from Jamblichus, the
name of a famous Platonic philosopher.
1 Chronicles 4:35 35 Joel, and Jehu the son of
Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;
YLT
35and Joel, and Jehu son of
Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
1 Chronicles 4:36 36 Elioenai, Jaakobah,
Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah;
YLT
36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah,
and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
1 Chronicles 4:37 37 Ziza the son of Shiphi,
the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—
YLT
37and Ziza son of Shiphi, son
of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.
1 Chronicles 4:38 38 these mentioned by name were
leaders in their families, and their father’s house increased greatly.
YLT
38These who are coming in by
name [are] princes in their families, and the house of their fathers have
broken forth into a multitude;
These mentioned by their names were princes in their
families,.... The principal men of them, heads of their fathers' houses:
and the house of their fathers increased greatly; by them, so
that they were obliged to seek out for new habitations, as follows.
1 Chronicles 4:39 39 So they went to the
entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for
their flocks.
YLT
39and they go to the entrance
of Gedor, unto the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock,
And they went to the entrance of Gedor,.... There was
a city of this name in the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 4:18
but this seems to be further off, and perhaps is the same with Gedaris,
mentioned by StraboF12Geograph. l. 16. p. 522. along with Azotus and
Askelon, cities that belonged to the Philistines; since it was inhabited by the
posterity of Ham, of whom the Philistines were, as in the following verse:
even unto the east side of the valley; which was
near to Gedor, and a suitable place:
to seek pasture for their flocks; their sheep and goats.
1 Chronicles 4:40 40 And they found rich, good
pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites
formerly lived there.
YLT
40and they find pasture, fat
and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are
those dwelling there before.
And they found fat pasture and good,.... In or near the
valley of Gedor:
and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; there was
room enough for them and their flocks, and they had no enemies on either side
to disturb them:
for they of Ham had dwelt there of old; either the
Canaanites who descended from Canaan the son of Ham, and had never been
expelled from thence; or the Philistines, who were a colony of the Egyptians,
the posterity of Ham; and these inhabitants being of this cursed race, the
Simeonites scrupled not to dispossess them.
1 Chronicles 4:41 41 These recorded by name
came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they attacked their tents and
the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed them, as it is to this
day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their
flocks there.
YLT
41And these who are written
by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smite their tents, and
the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction unto
this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock [is] there.
And these written by name,.... Before in 1 Chronicles 4:34,
came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; as Dr.
LightfootF13Works, vol. 1. p. 111. thinks, not within the first
fourteen years of his reign, when the Syrian army was abroad, and none dost
peep out, but in his last fifteen years, when the army was destroyed and gone:
and smote their tents; the tents of those who
dwelt there for the sake of feeding their flocks, and whose pasturage the
Simeonites wanted:
and the habitations that were found there; or the
Meunaim or Maonites, which the Septuagint Version here calls Mineans, a people
sometimes mentioned along with the Philistines, and others: see Judges 10:11.
and destroyed them utterly unto this day: to the
writing of this book; they had not then recovered their possessions:
and dwelt in their room, because there was pasture there for their
flocks; which was the thing they were in search of.
1 Chronicles 4:42 42 Now some of them,
five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their
captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
YLT
42And of them, of the sons of
Simeon, there have gone to mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and
Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head,
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men
went to Mount Seir,.... In the land of Edom:
having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and
Uzziel, the sons of Ishi; these four captains are said, by the ancient Rabbins, to be of
the tribe of Manasseh, as Kimchi observes; see 1 Chronicles 5:24
but as the five hundred they were at the head of were of the sons of Simeon,
the captains, no doubt, were of the same race.
1 Chronicles 4:43 43 And they defeated the rest
of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.
YLT
43and they smite the remnant
of those escaped of Amalek, and dwell there unto this day.
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped,.... That
escaped the sword of Saul; though, according to the JewsF14Midrash
Esther, fol. 93. 4. , 100,000 of them were slain by him in one day; and of the
sword of David, though he is said not to leave man or woman alive, 1 Samuel 27:8.
and dwelt there unto this day; in the cities of the
Amalekites, even of the posterity of the above; who were some of the remnant of
Israel, that were not carried away by the king of Assyria, and who dwelt here
after the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, even in the times
of Ezra, the writer of this book; see 2 Chronicles 34:9.
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