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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

1 Chronicles 2

1 Chronicles 2:1

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 2 The sons of Israel; of Judah by Tamar: the children of Jesse, 1 CHRONICLES 2:1. Of Caleb the son of Hezron; of him by the daughter of Machir, 1 CHRONICLES 2:18. Of Jerahmeel, 1 CHRONICLES 2:25. Of Sheshan, 1 CHRONICLES 2:34. Another branch of Caleb's posterity, 1 CHRONICLES 2:... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:3

He puts JUDAH first, because the best part of the right of the first-born, to wit, the dominion, was conferred upon him, GENESIS 49:8, and because the Messiah was to come out of his loins.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:6

If these be the same who are mentioned as _the sons of Mahol_, 1 KINGS 4:31, either the same man had two names, Zerah and Mahol, as was usual among the Hebrews; or one of these was their immediate father, and the other their grandfather.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:7

CARMI is here mentioned, because he was the son of Zimri, who is also called _Zabdi_, JOSHUA 7:1. ACHAR; called _Achan_, JOSHUA 7:1, and here _Achar_, with a little variation for greater significancy; for _Achar_ signifies a troubler.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:13

ELIAB, called also _Elihu_. 1 CHRONICLES 27:18 unless that was another person, and the word _brother_ to be taken largely for a kinsman, as is frequently used.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:15

For though he had eight sons, 1 SAMUEL 16:10, one of them either died presently after that time, or is neglected for some reason now unknown, as others are. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 1:8", SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 1:9".... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:18

Not that Caleb, NUMBERS 13:6, for he was the son of Jephunneh, of whom he speaks, 1 CHRONICLES 4:15; but another Caleb. HER SONS, i.e. the sons, either, 1. OF JERIOTH, she being last mentioned; or rather, 2. Of Azubah, who is by way of distinction called his _wife_, when Jerioth probably was only h... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:21

WENT IN, i.e. lay with her, as that phrase is commonly used, as GENESIS 4:1, GENESIS 6:4. THE FATHER OF GILEAD; of a man so called. Or if _Gilead_ be the name of that known country, father is put for head or governor, as it is used 1 SAMUEL 24:11 2 KINGS 5:13, 2 KINGS 16:7 ISAIAH 22:21; or for prote... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:22

Which he had, though he was of the tribe of Judah, as here we see, because he married a daughter of Manasseh, NUMBERS 26:29, whence he is called a son of Manasseh, NUMBERS 32:41 DEUTERONOMY 3:14; and because, being a man of great courage, he joined himself with that half tribe in subduing Gilead, wh... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:23

AND HE TOOK, or, _for he had taken_. So this is the reason why he had so great a territory and jurisdiction given to him. GESHUR AND ARAM; two cities or great towns so called. WITH THE TOWNS OF JAIR, i.e. with those twenty-three cities which he is said to have, 1 CHRONICLES 2:22. FROM THEM, i.e. fro... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:24

CALEB-EPHRATAH; a place then so called by a conjunction of the names of the man and his wife; afterwards supposed to be called _Beth-lehem Ephratah_. Others translate the words thus, _When Caleb took Ephratah_. So it is an ellipsis of the verb, which is here to be understood out of 1 CHRONICLES 2:19... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:25

Or, of (the prefix, mere being oft understood) AHIJAH; his wife so called, as may seem probable from the next verse, where he mentions _another wife_.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:31

THE SONS OF APPAIM; an expression oft used, both afterwards in this verse, and elsewhere, and in profane authors too, where there is but one son. It is an enallage of the number, which is frequent in the Hebrew.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:34

SHESHAN HAD NO SONS, to wit, living when he died, his son Ahlai, 1 CHRONICLES 2:31, dying before him; unless Ahlai was the name of a daughter.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:42

THE SONS OF CALEB, to wit, of that Caleb mentioned 1 CHRONICLES 2:18, as appears by comparing that verse with 1 CHRONICLES 2:21. And these are his sons by another and his third wife. SEE POOLE ON "1 CHRONICLES 2:18". ZIPH; the name either of a man, or of a place, of which see JOSHUA 15:24,55; and th... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:47

THE SONS OF JAHDAI, the son of Gazez last mentioned; which is implied, because he follows next after him in the genealogy. Or, the sons of Moza; whose name might be changed into Jahdai for some reason now unknown.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:51

SALMA THE FATHER OF BETH-LEHEM, to wit, in part; for Boaz descended from another Salmon, who was the son of Nahshon, 1 CHRONICLES 2:11. HAREPH THE FATHER OF BETH-GADER, called also _Penuel the father of Gedor_, 1 CHRONICLES 4:4.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:52

HAROEH; which may signify an overseer, a prophet, or teacher, or ruler; but here is a proper name, as appears from 1 CHRONICLES 4:2, where he is called _Reaiah_, with no great variation in the Hebrew.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:53

THE FAMILIES OF KIRJATH-JEARIM; or, _in Kirjath-jearim_; all which descended from Shobal, 1 CHRONICLES 2:50. OF THEM, i.e. of the family of the Mishraites, last mentioned. THE ESHTAULITES; the inhabitants of two places called _Zoreah and Eshtaol_, JOSHUA 15:33.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:54

THE SONS OF SALMA; of that Salma mentioned 1 CHRONICLES 2:51. BETH-LEHEM, i.e. the inhabitants of Beth-lehem. ATAROTH; the name of a person or people. THE HOUSE OF JOAB; the progenitors of Joab's family. HALF OF THE MANAHETHITES; the other half being mentioned 1 CHRONICLES 2:52. ZORITES, for, _to wi... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 2:55

THE SCRIBES; either civil, who were public notaries, who wrote and signed legal instruments; or ecclesiastical. And these were either Levites, or Simeonites, or rather Kenites, and are here mentioned not as if they were of the tribe of Judah, but because they dwelt among them, and probably were alli... [ Continue Reading ]

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