And the families of the Scribes which dwelt at Jabez
Scribes
I. A noble calling. To study and expound sacred books, inform society, and spread the will of God.
II. A family calling. “The families of the scribes.” mere ditary pursuits in all communities.
III. A needful calling. A literary profession useful to society. A learned ministry the want of the times. (James Wolfendale.)
Verse 1 Chronicles 2:55. _THE FAMILIES_] "The families of the Rechabites, the sons of Eliezer the son of Misco, the disciple of Jabez; he was Othniel, the son of Kenaz. And he was called _Jabez_, bec...
KENITES - It is remarkable that Kenites - people of a race quite distinct from the Israelites Genesis 15:19 - should be attached to, and, as it were, included in the descendants of Judah. It seems, ho...
2. THE SONS OF ISRAEL AND THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDAH (2:1-4:23) CHAPTER 2 From Israel to Caleb _ 1. The sons of Israel (1 Chronicles 2:1)_ 2. The sons of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3) 3. The offspring of...
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, o...
JABEZ. Supposed to have been founded by Jabez. See below on 1 Chronicles 4:9. KENITES. These were the posterity of Jethro and Hobab. See Judges 1:16. and compare 1 Samuel 15:6;...
_at Jabez Jabez_occurs as the name of a man of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4:9. _the Kenites that came_ Render, THE KENITES WHO CAME IN, I.E. attached themselves to Israel. _of Hemath_ Render...
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,...
_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 o...
GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) The genealogies in this chapter comprise the descendants of Isaac through Israel (Jacob), and the descendants of Judah....
KENITES] for the Kenites in Israelite history see Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Samuel 27:10. RECHAB] Allusions to the descendants
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 2 The *tribes of *Israel –...
(42-55) These verses revert to the Calebite stocks. Interpreted as merely bearing upon the extraction of individuals about whom, for the most part, nothing whatever is known beyond what these brief no...
III. — 1 Chronicles 2:50 : A third register of Calebite clans and settlements. (50) THE SONS OF CALEB THE SON OF HUR, THE FIRSTBORN OF EPHRATAH. — See 1 Chronicles 2:19 and Notes. The statement “These...
וּ מִשְׁפְּחֹ֤ות סֹפְרִים֙ _יֹשְׁבֵ֣י_† יַעְבֵּ֔ץ תִּרְעָתִ֥ים ש
NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1;...
Still the same method is manifest. The twelve sons of Israel are mentioned. All of them are subsequently referred to, with the exception of Dan and Zebulun, of whose descendants this chronicler gives...
And the families of the (o) scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the (p) Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. (o)...
Scribes, learned in the law. (Menochius) --- Singing, &c. The different professions of the Rechabites are here given, instead of proper names, (Calmet) which the Vatican Septuagint retains. --- Tharga...
REFLECTIONS READER! in the quick succession of persons and families, as recorded in this Chapter, how feelingly are we taught the littleness, and even nothingness, of human nature. So that at every v...
If the Reader be desirous to attend to the history of some of the persons here registered, he will find an account of them elsewhere in the Bible. But many of them are only mentioned in this record, a...
At length, in the second chapter, we find Israel, all of whose sons were more or less under the care of God who had loved Jacob. Judah is then introduced to lead us to the royal race of David, the obj...
AND THE FAMILIES OF THE SCRIBES WHICH DWELT AT JABEZ,.... A city in Judah, the founder of which, perhaps, was Jabez, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:9 in which learned men dwelt: THE TIRATHITES, THE SHIM...
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. Ver. 55. _An...
_The families of the scribes_ Either civil, who were public notaries, that wrote and signed legal instruments; or ecclesiastical. And these were either Levites or Simeonites, or rather Kenites, and ar...
1 The sonnes of Israel. 3 The posteritie of Iudah by Tamar. 13 The children of Iesse. 18 The posteritie of Caleb the sonne of Hesron. 21 Hesrons posteritie by the daughter of Machir. 25 Ierahmeel...
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez, either church or state officers belonging to the Kenite clan: THE TIRATHITES, THE SHIMEATHITES, AND SUCHATHITES, these words describing the functi...
THE GENEALOGY OF CALEB...
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...
1 Chronicles 2:55 families H4940 scribes H5608 (H8802) dwelt H3427 (H8802) (H8675) H3427 (H8804) Jabez...
CONTENTS: Genealogy, sons of Judah. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Judah, Boaz, Jesse, David. CONCLUSION: The best and most honorable families may have those belonging to them who are black sheep. KEY WORD: Ge...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 2:42 An addition to vv. 1 Chronicles 2:18, made up of early lists of the descendants of Caleb (vv....
CRITICAL NOTES.] The sons of Israel. Names more numerous than Genesis, without regard to order. Greater interest by filling up former accounts. _1 Chronicles 2:3_.—_Posterity of Judah_. 1 Chronicles 2...
EXPOSITION The interest of this chapter owes something to the several unsatisfied questions which it suggests, to difficult and knotty points which nevertheless do not altogether counsel despair, and...
Now these are the sons of Israel (1 Chronicles 2:1); And the twelve sons of Jacob. And then we follow for a little bit the sons of Judah, and then we are now zeroing in. As I tell you, we keep coming...
1 Chronicles 4:10; 1 Chronicles 4:9; 1 Samuel 15:6; 2 Kings 10:15;...
Scribes — Either civil, who were public notaries, that wrote and signed legal instruments: or ecclesiastical. And these were either Levites, or Simeonites, or rather Kenites, and are here mentioned no...