The connexion of this verse also does not appear, but according to Targ. (on 1 Chronicles 4:13) Jabez= Othniel, the nephew of Caleb.
And Jabezetc.] Render, And Jabez came to be hononred above his brethren, but his mother had called his name, etc. The man with the ill-omened name staved off ill-fortune by his prayer. Jabez= "He bringeth sorrow."
Verse 1 Chronicles 4:9. _AND JABEZ WAS MORE HONOURABLE_] This whole account is variously understood by some of the principal _versions_. I shall subjoin a translation of each. SEPTUAGINT. - "And _Ig...
It is remarkable that Jabez should be introduced without description, or patronymic, as if a well-known personage. We can only suppose that he was known to those for whom Chronicles was written, eithe...
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 4:1
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...
MORE HONOURABLE. Perhaps his going up with Caleb and Othniel against the Canaanites is referred to. See Judges 1:2; Judges 1:4; Judges 1:9.Joshua 15:13....
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 JABEZ WAS MORE HONOURABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN: AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIS NAME JABEZ, SAYING, BECAUSE I BARE HIM WITH SORROW._ Jabez, [as if for _ YA`BEETS_ (H3258), he causes pain; Septuagint, Iga...
4:9 honoured (a-5) Or 'more honourable.' see Genesis 34:19 . Jabez, (b-15) Meaning, 'Causing pain.'...
GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter enumerates further descendants of Judah, and the descendants of Simeon....
AND HIS MOTHER.. SORROW] better,' though his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow' (Heb. _ozeb_). The sorrow implied by his ominous name was averted by his prayer. 17,...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 4 Other families of Judah –...
MORE HONOURABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN. — Comp. what is said of Hamor son of Shechem in Genesis 34:19. HIS BRETHREN. — Perhaps the sons of Coz. The form of the Hebrew verb implies connection with 1 Chroni...
וַ יְהִ֣י יַעְבֵּ֔ץ נִכְבָּ֖ד מֵ אֶחָ֑יו וְ
NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1;...
1 Chronicles 1:19 FAMILY TRADITIONS 1 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Chronicles 1:19; 1 Chronicles 2:3;...
Here another line from Judah is traced, and must be viewed in the light of the royalty manifest in David. It is the story of the multiplication and settlement of the people who became workers in the g...
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name (c) Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. (c) Otherwise called Othniel, (Judges 1:13)....
_Jabes. That is, sorrowful. (Challoner) --- There seems to be something wanting, as we are not informed who were the brethren of Jabes. (Calmet) --- This name he received from his mother, while his fa...
Jabez being so remarkably spoken of, and his prayer so recorded, and the Lord's gracious answer to it in granting it so striking, demands a more particular attention. Though the birth of Jabez was att...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. The genealogy of David's family is next given us, as far as several generations after the return from the captivity; and then that of the tribes...
AND JABEZ WAS MORE HONOURABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN,.... The Targum adds, "and wiser in the law than his brethren;'' or he might be a man of great wealth and riches, or of great strength and courage, al...
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. Ver. 9. _And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren._] _Propter ope...
_Jabez was more honourable_, &c. For courage and fervent piety. _His mother called his name Jabez_ That is, _sorrowful; saying, Because I bare him with sorrow_ She had hard labour when she was in trav...
1.11 The posteritie of Iudah by Caleb the sonne of Hur. 5 Of Ashur the posthumus son of Hezron. [THE GENEALOGIE OF IUDAH.] 9 Of Iabez, and his prayer. 21 The posteritie of Shelah. 24 The posterit...
And Jabez, whose city is mentioned 1 Chronicles 2:55, WAS MORE HONORABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN, distinguished for his sincere and fervent piety as well as for his learning; AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIS NAME...
THE POSTERITY OF JUDAH...
JABEZ: that is, sorrowful...
JABEZ; one of the fathers of _the families of Aharhel_ last mentioned. MORE HONOURABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN, for courage, and especially for true and fervent piety, expressed in the following petition....
1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez H3258 honorable H3513 (H8737) brothers H251 mother H517 called H7121 (H8804) name...
1 Chronicles 4:9 In what Jabez was "more honourable than his brethren" we are not told. It might be in courage; it might be in learning; it is certain that he was honourable for his piety. I. Jabez...
CONTENTS: Posterity of Judah and Simeon. CHARACTERS: God, Jabez, Caleb. CONCLUSION: If we set ourselves to acknowledge God in all our ways we put ourselves under the divine blessing and protection a...
1 Chronicles 4:9. _Jabez,_ dolour, grief, anguish. He was honourable; the same with Othniel, according to the Targumists. 1 Chronicles 4:22. _Jokim, &c._ These four probably resided in Moab, about the...
_And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren._ JABEZ We know nothing whatsoever of the Jabez here commemorated beyond what we find in these two verses. But this is enough to mark him out as worth...
_The sons of Judah._ SURVEY OF THE GENEALOGY I. How great the obscurity of most men! II. What folly to seek place and power only here! III. How needful to secure renown hereafter! “Rejoice that yo...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 4:1 Information about other CLANS rounds off the genealogy of Judah. Verses 1 Chronicles 4:1 supply additional detail
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 4:9 JABEZ prays that his name, which is similar to the Hebrew word for “pain,” will not be a bad omen. He desires to live under God’s blessing and protection. On the...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Obscurity often arising from brevity conspicuous in this passage. Yet we discern an order in it, indicated in first verse. It contains descendants of Shobal, Hur, Carmi, Hezron, and o...
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 ad...
In chapter four, we follow another line from Caleb through one of his sons called Er. And you get a different line of Caleb from that which was earlier given. Now in this particular line in verse nine...
1 Chronicles 16:8; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Kings 3:7; 1 Samuel 1:17;...
Honourably — For courage, and for fervent piety. She records this, that it might be a memorandum to herself, to be thankful to God as long as she lived, for bringing her through that sorrow: and a mem...