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. Ver. 3. _The sons of Judah._] These are first set down, (1.) For the royal dignity; (2.) For the... [ Continue Reading ]
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five. Ver. 4. _And Tamar._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 1:3 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. Ver. 6. _And Ethan, and Heman, &c._] Of these, see on 1 Kings 4:31 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. Ver. 7. _Achar._] Alias Achan, Joshua 6:1,27 _; _ Jos 7:1-26 _per paranomasiam._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the sons of Ethan; Azariah._ Ver. 8. _And the sons of Ethan._] Sons, that is, son: _synecdoche._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; _ 1Ch 2:11 _And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, _ 1Ch 2:12 _And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,_ Ver. 10-12. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 1:3 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 1:4 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 1:5 _... [ Continue Reading ]
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: Ver. 15. _David the seventh._] Jesse is said to have eight sons, 1Sa 17:12 but one might be his son by adoption.... [ Continue Reading ]
Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. Ver. 16. _Abishai._] Elder brother to Joab, who yet got the start of him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite. Ver. 17. _Jether the Ishmeelite._] See on 2 Samuel 17:25 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. Ver. 24. _The father of Tekoa,_] _i.e., _ The prince of Tekoa. Augustus would not be called lord, but father of his country, taking great delight in that title given him by the people, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name [was] Atarah; she [was] the mother of Onam. Ver. 26. _Jerahmeel had also another wife._] Besides Abijah _a_ his wife. 1Ch 2:25 _ a_ [Sic.(?) Besides his wife who was the mother of Ahijah.] 1Ch 2:25... [ 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. Ver. 42. _He was the father of Hebron._] See on 1 Chronicles 2:24 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. Ver. 54. _The sons of Salma; Bethlehem,_] _i.e., _ The Bethlehemites. _ Ataroth, the house of Joab._] Or, Crowns of the house of Joab. Those Netophathites, for their prowess... [ 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. Ver. 55. _And the families of the scribes._] These were public notaries: or, as some think, Text men, who took t... [ Continue Reading ]