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1 Chronicles 1:1-44

1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 Chronicles 1:1 A Genealogical Presentation of the Tribes of Israel. The genealogies of chs. 1 Chronicles 1:1 are intended to show the Chronicler’s generation, now existing as the small province of Yehud (Judah) in the Persian Empire, that they are still God’s people Israel and retain their central place in God’s purposes. They are traced from Adam (1 Chronicles 1:1), through the tribes of Israel (chs. 1 Chronicles 2:1), to the community of Judean exiles restored from captivity in Babylon (1 Chronicles 9:2). The genealogies have been structured to show how the Chronicler conceived of Israel:

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GENEALOGIES The writer begins his history with a series of genealogies, without introduction or heading, which embraces the descendants of Adam to Noah, the descendants of Noah through Japheth, Ham an...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אָדָ֥ם שֵׁ֖ת אֱנֹֽושׁ׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Adam, Sheth, Enosh, the members of the families in the direct order of succession only being mentioned,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FROM ADAM TO THE SONS OF KETURAH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 1:1 Adam H121 Seth H8352 Enosh H583 Sheth - Genesis 4:25-26, Genesis 5:3

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Genealogy: Adam to dukes of Edom. The patriarchal line. CHARACTERS: Adam, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Esau, Israel. CONCLUSION: We are all by nature the seed of Adam. Let us see t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] The writer gives no explanation or introduction, presumes upon the knowledge of the reader, and simply enumerates names from Creation to the Flood, contained in Genesis 5. The Deluge,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now to First Chronicles, chapter one, and let's see what. You know, we used to say to our kids they could get juice out of anything when they ate. They could make a cracker so juicy that...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 4:25; Genesis 4:26; Genesis 5:3; Genesis 5:8; Genesis 5:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sheth — Adam begat Sheth: and so in the following particulars. For brevity sake he only mentions their names; but the rest is easily understood out of the former books. This appears as the peculiar gl...

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