1 Chronicles 2:1
_THESE ARE THE SONS OF ISRAEL; REUBEN, SIMEON, LEVI, AND JUDAH, ISSACHAR, AND ZEBULUN,_ These are the sons of Israel The names of his twelve sons are enumerated without regard to order.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE SONS OF ISRAEL; REUBEN, SIMEON, LEVI, AND JUDAH, ISSACHAR, AND ZEBULUN,_ These are the sons of Israel The names of his twelve sons are enumerated without regard to order.... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAN, JOSEPH, AND BENJAMIN, NAPHTALI, GAD, AND ASHER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF JUDAH; ER, AND ONAN, AND SHELAH: WHICH THREE WERE BORN UNTO HIM OF THE DAUGHTER OF SHUA THE CANAANITESS. AND ER, THE FIRSTBORN OF JUDAH, WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; AND HE SLEW HIM._ The sons of Judah. His descendants are enumerated first, because the right and privileges of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TAMAR HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW BARE HIM PHAREZ AND ZERAH. ALL THE SONS OF JUDAH WERE FIVE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF ZERAH; ZIMRI, AND ETHAN, AND HEMAN, AND CALCOL, AND DARA: FIVE OF THEM IN ALL._ Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara. These five are here stated to be the sons of Zerah - i.e., of Ezra-whence they were called Ezrahites, (1 Kings 4:31). In that passage they are called... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF CARMI; ACHAR, THE TROUBLER OF ISRAEL, WHO TRANSGRESSED IN THE THING ACCURSED._ The sons of Carmi - he was the son of Zimri, or Zabdi, as he is called, Joshua 7:1. ACHAR - or Achan (Joshua 7:1). This variety in the form of the name is with great propriety used here, since, Achar m... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF ETHAN; AZARIAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JESSE BEGAT HIS FIRSTBORN ELIAB, AND ABINADAB THE SECOND, AND SHIMMA THE THIRD,_ Shimma, х_ SHIM`AA'_ (H8092), or _ SHIM`AAH_ (H8093) (2 Samuel 13:3; 2 Samuel 13:32), or _ SHAMAAH_ (H8048) (1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 17:13).]... [ Continue Reading ]
_NETHANEEL THE FOURTH, RADDAI THE FIFTH,_ Raddai, х_ RADAY_ (H7288)] - is considered by Ewald ('Geschichte,' 3:, 266) identical with Rei (1 Kings 1:8), these being David's two surviving brothers at the time of Solomon's accession. But this identification is more than doubtful.... [ Continue Reading ]
_OZEM THE SIXTH, DAVID THE SEVENTH:_ DAVID THE SEVENTH. Since it appears (1 Samuel 16:10; 1 Samuel 17:12) that Jesse had eight sons, the presumption is, from David being mentioned here as the seventh son of his father, that one of them had died at an early age, without leaving issue.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHOSE SISTERS WERE ZERUIAH, AND ABIGAIL. AND THE SONS OF ZERUIAH; ABISHAI, AND JOAB, AND ASAHEL, THREE._ Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. Here the sons are mentioned by the mother's line-instances among the Jews of the father sometimes being not taken into consideration at all; as is the c... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABIGAIL BARE AMASA: AND THE FATHER OF AMASA WAS JETHER THE ISHMEELITE._ Jether the Ishmealite - (cf. 2 Samuel 17:25.) In that passage he is called Ithra an Israelite; and there seems no reason why, in the early days of David, any one should be specially distinguished as an Israelite. The presu... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CALEB THE SON OF HEZRON BEGAT CHILDREN OF AZUBAH HIS WIFE, AND OF JERIOTH: HER SONS ARE THESE; JESHER, AND SHOBAB, AND ARDON._ Caleb the son of Hezron. The notices concerning this person appear confused in our version. In 1 Chronicles 2:19 he is said to be the father of Hur, whereas in 1 Chron... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN AZUBAH WAS DEAD, CALEB TOOK UNTO HIM EPHRATH, WHICH BARE HIM HUR._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTERWARD HEZRON WENT IN TO THE DAUGHTER OF MACHIR THE FATHER OF GILEAD, WHOM HE MARRIED WHEN HE WAS THREESCORE YEARS OLD; AND SHE BARE HIM SEGUB._ Hezron ... daughter of Machir the father of Gilead - i:e., chief of that town, which, with the lands adjacent, was no doubt the property of Machir... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SEGUB BEGAT JAIR, WHO HAD THREE AND TWENTY CITIES IN THE LAND OF GILEAD._ Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. Since the son of Segub and the grandson of Hezron, he was of the tribe of Judah; but from his maternal descent he is called, Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14, ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE TOOK GESHUR, AND ARAM, WITH THE TOWNS OF JAIR, FROM THEM, WITH KENATH, AND THE TOWNS THEREOF, EVEN THREESCORE CITIES. ALL THESE BELONGED TO THE SONS OF MACHIR THE FATHER OF GILEAD._ He took - rather 'he had taken.' This statement is accounting for his acquisition of so large a territory: he... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTER THAT HEZRON WAS DEAD IN CALEB-EPHRATAH, THEN ABIAH HEZRON'S WIFE BARE HIM ASHUR THE FATHER OF TEKOA._ Caleb-ephratah - so called from uniting the names of husband and wife (1 Chronicles 2:19), and supposed to be the same as was afterward called Bethlehem-ephratah. ASHUR THE FATHER OF T... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF JERAHMEEL THE FIRSTBORN OF HEZRON WERE, RAM THE FIRSTBORN, AND BUNAH, AND OREN, AND OZEM, AND AHIJAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF APPAIM; ISHI. AND THE SONS OF ISHI; SHESHAN. AND THE CHILDREN OF SHESHAN; AHLAI._ The children of Sheshan; Ahlai, х_ BªNEEY_ (H1121)] - sons, i:e., offspring.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF JADA THE BROTHER OF SHAMMAI; JETHER, AND JONATHAN: AND JETHER DIED WITHOUT CHILDREN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW SHESHAN HAD NO SONS, BUT DAUGHTERS. AND SHESHAN HAD A SERVANT, AN EGYPTIAN, WHOSE NAME WAS JARHA._ Sheshan had no sons, but daughters - either he had no sons alive at his death, or his family consisted wholly of daughters, of whom Ahlai, 1 Chronicles 2:31, was one, she being specially mentione... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHESHAN GAVE HIS DAUGHTER TO JARHA HIS SERVANT TO WIFE; AND SHE BARE HIM ATTAI._ Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife. The adoption and marriage of a foreign slave in the family where he is serving is far from being a rare or extraordinary occurrence in Eastern countries. It... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ATTAI BEGAT NATHAN, AND NATHAN BEGAT ZABAD,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE SONS OF CALEB THE BROTHER OF JERAHMEEL WERE, MESHA HIS FIRSTBORN, WHICH WAS THE FATHER OF ZIPH; AND THE SONS OF MARESHAH THE FATHER OF HEBRON._ The sons of Caleb - (cf. 1 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Chronicles 2:25.) The sons here noticed were the fruit of his union with a third wife.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF HEBRON; KORAH, AND TAPPUAH, AND REKEM, AND SHEMA._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SHE BARE ALSO SHAAPH THE FATHER OF MADMANNAH, SHEVA THE FATHER OF MACHBENAH, AND THE FATHER OF GIBEA:_ _ SHE BARE ALSO SHAAPH THE FATHER OF MADMANNAH, SHEVA THE FATHER OF MACHBENAH, AND THE FATHER OF GIBEA: AND THE DAUGHTER OF CALEB WAS ACHSAH._ The daughter of Caleb was Achsa. We learn from Joshu... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE WERE THE SONS OF CALEB THE SON OF HUR, THE FIRSTBORN OF EPHRATAH; SHOBAL THE FATHER OF KIRJATH-JE'ARIM,_ Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim - or founder.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SALMA THE FATHER OF BETHLEHEM, HAREPH THE FATHER OF BETHGADER._ Salma - or Salmon (Ruth 4:20), son of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah, and founder or chief man of Beth-lehem. Kennicott suggests that Salma and Salmon are two different persons. But his opinion is unsupported. A greater diff... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHOBAL THE FATHER OF KIRJATH-JE'ARIM HAD SONS; HAROEH, AND HALF OF THE MANAHETHITES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE FAMILIES OF KIRJATH-JE'ARIM; THE ITHRITES, AND THE PUHITES, AND THE SHUMATHITES, AND THE MISHRAITES; OF THEM CAME THE ZAREATHITES, AND THE ESHTAULITES._ The families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, х_ HA-YITRIY_ (H3505), the Ithrite]. AND THE PUHITES, х_ WªHA-PUWTIY_ (H6336), the Puthit... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF SALMA; BETHLEHEM, AND THE NETOPHATHITES, ATAROTH, THE HOUSE OF JOAB, AND HALF OF THE MANAHETHITES, THE ZORITES._ The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites - Hebrew, singular, Netophah; seems to have been near Beth-lehem. ATAROTH, THE HOUSE OF JOAB, х_ `ATROWT-BEEYT-YOW'AAB... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE FAMILIES OF THE SCRIBES WHICH DWELT AT JABEZ; THE TIRATHITES, THE SHIMEATHITES, AND SUCHATHITES. THESE ARE THE KENITES THAT CAME OF HEMATH, THE FATHER OF THE HOUSE OF RECHAB._ The families of the scribes - either civil or ecclesiastical officers of a Kenite origin, who are here classed wit... [ Continue Reading ]