1 Chronicles 4:22

_AND JOKIM, AND THE MEN OF CHOZEBA, AND JOASH, AND SARAPH, WHO HAD THE DOMINION IN MOAB, AND JASHUBILEHEM. AND THESE ARE ANCIENT THINGS._ Had the dominion in Moab, х_ BAA`ALUW_ (H1166) _ Lª-MOW'AAB_ (H4124), had possessions in Moab]. AND THESE ARE ANCIENT THINGS. This is a literal translation; but it seems a strange rendering, and besides, conveys a meaning that has no bearing on the record. The following interpretation is given in the Septuagint: 'Sojourned in Moab, but returned to Beth-lehem and Adaberim-athekim. These and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera were potters, employed by the king (of Moab) in his own work.' Gedera, or Gederoth, and Netaim belonged to the tribe of Judah, and lay on the southeast border of the Philistines' territory (Joshua 15:36;...

Verse 1 Chronicles 4:22. _AND JOASH, AND SARAPH_] "And the prophets and scribes which sprang from the seed of Joshua, and the Gibeonites, whose office it was to serve in the house of the sanctuary, because they had lied to the princes of Israel; also _Joash_, who is the same as _Mahlon_; and _Saraph_, who is the same as _Chilion_, who took wives of the daughters of Moab and Boaz, the chief of the wise men of the college of Bethlehem, and of those who existed in former days." - _T_....

WHO HAD THE DOMINION IN MOAB - Moab was conquered by David 2 Samuel 8:2, and again by Omri, after which it remained subject until the death of Ahab 2 Kings 3:5. But a more ancient rule, in times of which we have no further record, is probably intended....

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 JOKIM,.... The Vulgate Latin version is, AND HE THAT MADE THE SUN TO STAND: as if Joshua was meant; and in the Talmud it is g 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 observes h, 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 probabl...

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 ...

HAD THE DOMINION: or became lords to Moab. JASHUBI-LEHEM. The Vulgate renders it "and returned to Beth-lehem", like Naomi and Ruth (1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 1:19). THINGS: or records....

_and Joash, and Saraph, who_etc.] Targ. "and Joash who is Mahlon and Seraph who is Chilion who took wives of the daughters of Moab" (cp. Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:4). There is little to be said for the identification, which rests on the fact that the Hebrew word for _had dominion_might be translated _married_. We find no other trace of these two as rulers of Moab. _and Jashubi-lehem_ Vulg. WHO RETURNED TO BETHLEHEM, a translation which requires only an easy emendation of the present Hebrew text. Mahlon and Chilion did _not_return. Joash and Saraph may have retired to Moab either (like Mahlon and Chilion) because of a famine, or to escape foreign oppression, e.g. that of the Chaldeans, married wives there, and subsequently returned to their own country. these are _ancient things_ R.V. the reco

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