Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 1:44
And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of (n) Bozrah reigned in his stead.
(n) Which was the principal city of the Edomites.
And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of (n) Bozrah reigned in his stead.
(n) Which was the principal city of the Edomites.
Verse 1 Chronicles 1:44. _BELA WAS DEAD_] "Being killed by Phineas, in the wilderness." - _T_. _JOBAB THE SON OF ZERAH_] Supposed by some to be the same as _Job_, whose book forms a part of the cano...
The slight differences favor the view, that the writer of Chronicles has here, as elsewhere, abridged from Genesis (see the marginal references)....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE GENEALOGIES 1. From Adam to the Edomites CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Adam to Noah (1 Chronicles 1:1)_ 2. The sons of Japheth (1 Chronicles 1:5) 3. The sons of Ham ...
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...
2. THE DESCENDANTS OF NOAH'S SONS AND THE SONS OF ESAU (1 Chronicles 1:5-54) TEXT 5. The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6. And the sons of...
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...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ ABOUT THIS BOOK The Books of 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles record the history of the *Israelites. These books are about t...
(43-54) The ancient kings and chiliarchs of Edom, a transcript of Genesis 36:31, with only such differences as are incidental to transcribing....
(44_,_ 45) BOZRAH. — “Portress” (the _Byrsa_ of Carthage); was one of the capitals of Edom, perhaps identical with Mibzar (fortress, 1 Chronicles 1:53). Eusebius mentions Mabsara as a large town in Ge...
וַ יָּ֖מָת בָּ֑לַע וַ יִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו...
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;...
The two Books of Chronicles cover the period of history already studied in I and II Kings. They record this history, however, from an entirely different standpoint. The outlook is almost exclusively c...
Here again, after mentioning the sons of Isaac, Esau, and Israel, the sacred Historian takes up in a short view Esau's posterity before that he enters upon that of Israel, and therefore reserves the h...
Thus, beginning with Adam, we have the family of Seth down to Noah. Then comes the family of Japheth and of Ham, one of whose descendants began to be mighty on the earth; and finally that of Shem, who...
1 Chronicles 1:43....
And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. Ver. 44. _Jobab the son of Zerah reigned._] This Jobab was Job the patient, say some, who, while he was prosperous, was...
1 Adams line to Noah. 5 The sonnes of Iapheth. 8 The sonnes of Ham. 17 The sonnes of Shem. 24 Shems line to Abraham. 29 Ishmaels sonnes. 32 The sonnes of Keturah. 34 The posteritie of Abraham b...
And when Bela was dead, Jobab, the son of Zerah, of Bozrah reigned in his stead....
THE DESCENDANTS OF ESAU AND THE DUKES OF EDOM...
28-54 The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 1:44 Bela H1106 died H4191 (H8799) Jobab H3103 son H1121 Zerah H2226 Bozrah H1224 reigned H4427
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...
1 Chronicles 1:1. _Adam Noah._ Noah was the tenth from Adam. Sanchoniatho, the Phœnician historian, makes Noah to be the eighth. He calls these patriarchs by different names, which probably were the t...
_Johab the son of of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead._ SUCCESSORS Never let it be supposed that Providence is limited to any one man in the matter of kingship and dominion. Men who are reigning...
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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,...
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