1 Chronicles 7:1
NOW THE SONS OF ISSACHAR WERE. And to the sons of Issachar belonged. Issachar born 1746 B.C.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THE SONS OF ISSACHAR WERE. And to the sons of Issachar belonged. Issachar born 1746 B.C.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS OF TOLA. Descendants of younger sons are contrasted with his firstborn Uzzi (verses: 1 Chronicles 7:3). These names occur nowhere else, and prove Chronicles to be entirely independent. IN THE DAYS OF DAVID. When he numbered the people (2 Samuel 24).... [ Continue Reading ]
SONS.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34) reads "son".... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE. In Genesis 46:21 there were ten. When Chronicles was written the others probably had become extinct. Even in Numbers 26:38 only five are mentioned. in 1 Chronicles 8:1; 1 Chronicles 8:2 only five are given.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR FATHERS. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "their fathers [houses]".... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. HUSHIM, THE SONS OF AHER. Hushim the son of another, that other being Dan (Genesis 46:23). Not named here. For reason, see note below, and on Genesis 49:17. SONS. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), for "son". AHER. Hebrew. _'aher =_ another.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE. his wife. ARAMITESS. Aramaean, or woman of Syria.... [ Continue Reading ]
SECOND: i.e. second son of Manasseh. Machir being the first. DAUGHTERS. Not sons (Numbers 27:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEDAN. The name of. judge (1 Samuel 12:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS SISTER: i.e. Gilead's sister. MAHALAH. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_, "Mahalah [and Shemidah] and the sons". The name of one of the daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 26:33).... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY: i.e. the sons of Ephraim.. pre-Exodus raid, presuming perhaps on their descent from Joseph (Genesis 46:20), the governor of Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Ephraim. Born 1712. Compare Genesis 41:50. BERIAH. An ancestor of Joshua. Not to be confounded with Beriah of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:13), who made. reprisal on Gath; or with Beriah of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:30).... [ Continue Reading ]
NON. Nun, of Numbers 13:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
GEZER. See note on 1 Kings 9:15. TOWNS. Hebrew daughters. Put by Figure of speech _Catachresis_ (App-6) for villages. GAZA. Not the Gaza in Philistia assigned to Judah (Joshua 15:47).... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAMER: or Shomer, 1 Chronicles 7:32.... [ Continue Reading ]