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 details of the descendants of PEREZ (1 Chronicles 2:4), while 1 Chronicles 4:21 fill out the lineage of Judah’s third son, SHELAH (1 Chronicles 2:3). [ Continue Reading ]
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 gift of territorial expansion and divine protection in response to prayer, see 1 Chronicles 5:20 and... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 4:13 The Kenizzites appear to have been a southern tribe absorbed into Judah. OTHNIEL was the first major judge of Israel (Judges 3:7) and a nephew of CALEB (Joshua 15:17). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 4:21 LINEN WORKERS... POTTERS. These records from before the exile to Babylon (vv. 1 Chronicles 4:22) indicate that certain Israelite clans specialized in trades or crafts such as linen work or pottery; see 1 Chronicles 2:55 on scribes. LEHEM may be Bethlehem. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES 4:24 The Tribe of Simeon. This tribe’s allotted territory lay within Judah and was taken from that tribe (vv. 1 Chronicles 4:28; see Joshua 19:1). By David’s time (1 Chronicles 4:31) Simeon had been largely absorbed back into Judah. Nevertheless, some Simeonite clans maintained their tr... [ Continue Reading ]