INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4 In this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah, and of some principal families in it, 1 Chronicles 4:1 and of the tribe of Simeon, their families, cities, and villages, 1 Chronicles 4:24 and of the enlargement of their borders, and conquest of the Amalekit... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS OF JUDAH: PHAREZ,.... The posterity of Judah in the line of Pharez, for he only is mentioned: HEZRON, AND CARMI, AND HUR, AND SHOBAL. Hezron was the son of Pharez, and Carmi is supposed to be Chelubai, or Caleb, the son of Hezron; and Hur the son of Caleb; and Shobal was the son of the sec... [ Continue Reading ]
AND REAIAH THE SON OF SHOBAL BEGAT JAHATH,.... Reaiah is the same with Haroeh, 1 Chronicles 2:52 the names are of the same signification: AND JAHATH BEGAT AHUMAI, AND LAHAD. THESE ARE THE FAMILIES OF THE ZORATHITES; who inhabited Zoreah, as the Targum, at least part of it; see 1 Chronicles 2:53.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE WERE OF THE FATHER OF ETAM,.... Or of the prince of Etam: or, as the Targum, these are princes that dwelt in Etam, a place not far from Zorah, Judges 15:8 and is mentioned with Bethlehem and Tekoa in the tribe of Judah, 2 Chronicles 11:6, namely, which follow: JEZREEL, AND ISHMA, AND IDBA... [ Continue Reading ]
AND PENUEL THE FATHER OF GEDOR,.... The prince of that place, according to some, and the same with Hareph, 1 Chronicles 2:51, AND EZER THE FATHER OF HUSHAH: thought to be the same with Shuah, 1 Chronicles 4:11, THESE ARE THE SONS OF HUR, THE FIRSTBORN OF EPHRATAH: Caleb's wife, 1 Chronicles 2:19 t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ASHUR THE FATHER OF TEKOA,.... A son of Hezron by Abiah, 1 Chronicles 2:24 HAD TWO WIVES, HELAH AND NAARAH; as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NAARAH BARE HIM AHUZAM, AND HEPHER, AND TEMENI, AND HAAHASHTARI,.... Of whom we have no account elsewhere: THESE WERE THE SONS OF NAARAH; the second wife of Ashur.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF HELAH,....] The other wife: WERE ZERETH, AND ZOAR, AND ETHNAN: nowhere else mentioned.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND COZ,.... Another son of Helah, and brother of the before mentioned: BEGAT ANUB, AND ZOBEBAH; of whom we nowhere else read: AND THE FAMILIES OF AHARHEL, THE SON OF HARUM; these were of the posterity of Coz; the Targum is, "and the family of Aharhel, this is Hur, the firstborn of Miriam;'' whi... [ Continue Reading ]
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, all which make a man honourable; or he may be so called, because a praying man, as follows, a man of d... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JABEZ CALLED ON THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Or prayed to him, as the Targum; though some understand it as a vow, promising what he would do if God would do thus and thus for him; the Syriac and Arabic versions read in the third person, taking it to be what others, his parents and friends, wished for... [ Continue Reading ]
AND CHELUB THE BROTHER OF SHUAH BEGAT MEHIR,.... If Shuah is the same with Hushah, 1 Chronicles 4:4, then Chelub was the son of Ezer: WHICH WAS THE FATHER OF ESHTON; not the prince of a place called Eshton, as Vatablus; for it is the name of a man, the son of Mehir, and who in the next verse is sai... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ESHTON BEGAT BETHRAPHA,.... Or the family of Rapha: AND PASEAH, AND TEHINNAH THE FATHER OF IRNAHASH; or the city of Nahash; Tehinnah seems to have been the prince or governor of a city, so called: THESE ARE THE MEN OF RECHAH; these sons of Eshton dwelt in a place called Rechah; the Targum, wit... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF KENAZ,.... Who was either the son of Chelub, or of Eshton: OTHNIEL, AND SERAIAH; the first of these is he who is mentioned, Joshua 15:17 and was the first judge in Israel: AND THE SON OF OTHNIEL, HATHATH; and the next mentioned.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MEONOTHAI,.... Another son of Othniel: BEGAT OPHRAH; AND SERAIAH, THE BROTHER OF OTHNIEL, BEGAT JOAB; not David's general, but another of the same name, who lived long before him, see 1 Chronicles 2:54 THE FATHER OF THE VALLEY OF CHARASHIM: of the inhabitants of the valley, or the prince of th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF CALEB THE SON OF JEPHUNNEH,.... Jephunneh is not the same with Hezron, as the Targum, but another son of Kenaz, hence called the Kenezite, Joshua 14:6 and brother of Othniel; and Caleb his son is the same that was sent one of the spies of the land of Canaan by Moses, see Numbers 13:6... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF JEHALELEEL,.... Who probably was the son of Uknaz: ZIPH, AND ZIPHAH, TIRIA, AND ASAREEL; there were two cities in the tribe of Judah of the name of Ziph, Joshua 15:24, which might be called from these men, or from Ziph in 1 Chronicles 2:42.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF EZRA,.... Who was perhaps the son of Asareel, last mentioned: JETHER, AND MERED, AND EPHER, AND JALON; only one of them, Mered, is after mentioned: AND SHE BARE MIRIAM; which is not the name of a woman, but of a man, as Kimchi observes; and, according to him, his mother was the wif... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS WIFE JEHUDIJAH,.... Another wife of Ezra; or, according to Kimchi, of Mered; a Jewess, as the word is by some rendered, to distinguish her from another wife, an Egyptian, in the latter part of the verse: BARE JERED THE FATHER OF GEDOR, AND HEBER THE FATHER OF SOCHO, AND JEKUTHIEL THE FATHER... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF HIS WIFE HODIAH,.... Another wife of Mered. Hillerus c takes her to be the same with Jehudijah, 1 Chronicles 4:18, though some d take Hodiah to be the name of a man, and read the words, "and the sons of the wife of Hodiah"; which wife of Hodiah was THE SISTER OF NAHAM; or rather Ach... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF SHIMON,.... Perhaps another son of Mered by his last wife, or the same with Shammai, 1 Chronicles 4:17 were AMNON, AND RINNAH, BENHANAN, AND TILON; nowhere else mentioned: AND THE SONS OF ISHI: who it may be was the brother of Shimon or Tilon: were ZOHETH, AND BENZOHETH; of whom w... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS OF SHELAH, THE SON OF JUDAH, WERE,.... The genealogy of the posterity of Judah, in the lines of Pharez and Zerah, being given, and very largely in that of the former, because of the honour of David, and his kingdom, which sprang from thence, as Jarchi observes, and also the King Messiah, th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JOKIM,.... The Vulgate Latin version is, AND HE THAT MADE THE SUN TO STAND: as if Joshua was meant; and in the Talmud it is g said Jokim, this is Joshua, who confirmed the oath to the Gibeonites; and the Targum here is, "and the prophets of the scribes that sprang from the posterity of Joshua;... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE WERE THE POTTERS,.... Or are the potters; the posterity of those men, who were so famous in their day, are now of mean employments: some of them made earthen pots; and some of them DWELT AMONG PLANTS AND HEDGES; or were employed in planting gardens and orchards, and making fences for them; or... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS OF SIMEON,.... The account of whom, next to the tribe of Judah, is given before Reuben, because its inheritance lay in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 19:1 his sons were Nemuel, the same with Jemuel, Genesis 46:10 AND JAMIN, JARIB, ZERAH, AND SHAUL; who, in the place referred to, is said to be... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALLUM HIS SON,.... The son of Shaul, and Mibsam was the son of Shallum, and Mishma the son of Mibsam.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SONS OF MISHMA,.... These were Hamuel, Zacchur, and Shimei.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SHIMEI HAD SIXTEEN SONS AND SIX DAUGHTERS,.... None of which are mentioned by name: BUT HIS BRETHREN HAD NOT MANY CHILDREN: Hamuel and Zacchur: NEITHER DID ALL THEIR FAMILY MULTIPLY LIKE TO THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH: to show the fruitfulness and great increase of which tribe, the genealogical acco... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY DWELT AT BEERSHEBA,.... posterity of Simeon; and this and the other places of their habitation are mentioned in the same order, and with very little variation of names to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:31, as in Joshua 19:2 and here, at 1 Chronicles 4:31 it is added, THESE WERE THEIR CITIES UNT... [ Continue Reading ]
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AND THEIR VILLAGES WERE ETAM, AND AIN, RIMMON, AND TOCHEN, AND ASHAN, FIVE CITIES. There are but four mentioned in Joshua 19:7 one might be added since, or new built, namely, Tochen; these, according to Kimchi, were all that remained for them to dwell in, in the times of David; and therefore they w... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THEIR VILLAGES THAT WERE ROUND ABOUT THE SAME CITIES, UNTO BAAL,.... The same with Baalathbeer, Joshua 19:8 THESE WERE THEIR HABITATIONS, AND THEIR GENEALOGY; as before described, until the times of David.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 34-37. AND MESHOBAB, AND JAMLECH,.... These, with those that follow to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:37 were famous men in the tribe of Simeon, of rank and dignity, and eminent for courage and valour, as the latter part of the chapter testifies, though they are nowhere else taken notice of. Jamlech... [ Continue Reading ]
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THESE MENTIONED BY [THEIR] NAMES [WERE] PRINCES IN THEIR FAMILIES,.... The principal men of them, heads of their fathers' houses: AND THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS INCREASED GREATLY; by them, so that they were obliged to seek out for new habitations, as follows.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY WENT TO THE ENTRANCE OF GEDOR,.... There was a city of this name in the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 4:18 but this seems to be further off, and perhaps is the same with Gedaris, mentioned by Strabo l along with Azotus and Askelon, cities that belonged to the Philistines; since it was inhabi... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY FOUND FAT PASTURE AND GOOD,.... In or near the valley of Gedor: AND THE LAND WAS WIDE, AND QUIET, AND PEACEABLE; there was room enough for them and their flocks, and they had no enemies on either side to disturb them: FOR [THEY] OF HAM HAD DWELT THERE OF OLD; either the Canaanites who des... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE WRITTEN BY NAME,.... Before in 1 Chronicles 4:34, CAME IN THE DAYS OF HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH; as Dr. Lightfoot m thinks, not within the first fourteen years of his reign, when the Syrian army was abroad, and none dost peep out, but in his last fifteen years, when the army was destroyed an... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SOME OF THEM, EVEN OF THE SONS OF SIMEON, FIVE HUNDRED MEN WENT TO MOUNT SEIR,.... In the land of Edom: HAVING FOR THEIR CAPTAINS PELATIAH, AND NEARIAH, AND REPHAIAH, AND UZZIEL, THE SONS OF ISHI; these four captains are said, by the ancient Rabbins, to be of the tribe of Manasseh, as Kimchi ob... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SMOTE THE REST OF THE AMALEKITES THAT WERE ESCAPED,.... That escaped the sword of Saul; though, according to the Jews n, 100,000 of them were slain by him in one day; and of the sword of David, though he is said not to leave man or woman alive, 1 Samuel 27:8 AND DWELT THERE UNTO THIS DAY;... [ Continue Reading ]