1 Chronicles 4:12

_AND CHELUB THE BROTHER OF SHUAH BEGAT MEHIR, WHICH WAS THE FATHER OF ESHTON._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

Verse 1 Chronicles 4:12. _THESE ARE THE MEN OF RECHAH._] "These are the men of the great Sanhedrin." - _T_....

It has been conjectured from the strangeness of all the names in this list, that we have here a fragment of Canaanite record, connected with the family of the “Shua,” whose daughter Judah took to wife 1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 38:2, and whose family thus became related to the tribe of Judah....

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 4:1 After the large space given to the "sons of David," of the tribe of Judah, in the previous chapter, this chapter returns for twenty-three verses to group together a few additional ramifications of the same tribe, whose registers were for some reasons, perhaps not very evident, preserved and known. The first verses follow in the direction already indicated in 1 Chronicles 2:1; near the end of which we were left with Shobal and Haroeh, probably the same with Reaiah (the same name as Reaia, 1 Chronicles 5:5, though not the same person)....

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....

CHAPTER 4:1-23 ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES OF JUDAH _ 1. The sons of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:1)_ 2. Jabez more honorable (1 Chronicles 4:9) 3. Further descendants of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:11) 4. Descendants of Shelah (1 Chronicles 4:21) Hur and Shobal, mentioned in the first verse, were the sons of Caleb the son of Hezron. The families of the Zorathites sprang from Reaiah, the son of Shobal. Jabez is especially mentioned. Jabez means “He causes pain.” “And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2) with the exception of Cain's descendants (Genesis 4:16) the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3); David (1 Chronicles 3:1); Judah again, and made up of fragments ...

_These are the men of Rechah_ LXX. (B), _the men of Rechab_; cp. 1 Chronicles 2:55, note. Targ. _the men of the Great Synagogue_, reading perhaps _rabbah_("great") for _Rechah_....

LESSON TWO 4-6 I. GENEALOGIES FROM ADAM TO DAVID (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 9:44) 3. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (1 Chronicles 2:1-55, 1 Chronicles 4:23) INTRODUCTION The sons of Judah were mothered by Canaanite women, however, Perez was destined to be very important in God's plans. Several familiar names appear in Chapter s 4-6. The families of the Levites were to have their inheritance in the land of Palestine. TEXT 1 Chronicles 2:1. These ar

GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter enumerates further descendants of Judah, and the descendants of Simeon....