Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 4:14
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the (e) father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
(e) The Lord of the valley where the artificers worked.
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the (e) father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
(e) The Lord of the valley where the artificers worked.
The words “and Meonothai” should he added to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:13; but they should be retained also at the commencement of 1 Chronicles 4:14. Or, see the marginal note....
CHAPTER 4:1-23 ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES OF JUDAH _ 1. The sons of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:1)_ 2. Jabez more honorable (1 Chronicles 4:9) 3. Further descendants of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:1
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...
VALLEY OF CHARASHIM. Ge-harashim, the name of the place....
_Meonothai_ perhaps a son of Othniel. _the valley of Charashim_ R.V. marg. THE VALLEY OF CRAFTSMEN. It is mentioned Nehemiah 11:35 along with _Lod_(the _Lydda_of Acts 9:32) and therefore was probably...
LESSON TWO 4-6 I. GENEALOGIES FROM ADAM TO DAVID (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 9:44) 3. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (1 Chronicles 2:1-55,...
_AND MEONOTHAI BEGAT OPHRAH: AND SERAIAH BEGAT JOAB, THE FATHER OF THE VALLEY OF CHARASHIM; FOR THEY WERE CRAFTSMEN._ Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim, х_ CHªRAASHIYM_ (H2798), artificial...
GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter enumerates further descendants of Judah, and the descendants of Simeon....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 4 Other families of Judah –...
וּ מְעֹונֹתַ֖י הֹולִ֣יד אֶת ־עָפְרָ֑ה וּ שְׂר
NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1;...
Here another line from Judah is traced, and must be viewed in the light of the royalty manifest in David. It is the story of the multiplication and settlement of the people who became workers in the g...
_Artificers. Hebrew Charashim, which means various sorts of "workmen," (Calmet) or "father (prince.; Menochius) of Ge-Harasim, for," &c. (Calmet) --- Under this lord the artificers dwelt who built the...
Very honourable testimony is here given to the descendants of Judah, who excelled in different handicrafts and mechanical arts....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. The genealogy of David's family is next given us, as far as several generations after the return from the captivity; and then that of the tribes...
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 Chronicle...
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. Ver. 14. _For they were craftsmen._] _Opifices Deo curae sunt._ God takes notice of...
_These are the men of Rechah_ From these sprung the inhabitants of Rechah, a town not mentioned elsewhere. _The sons of Kenaz_ Who was the son, either of Chelub, (1 Chronicles 4:11,) or of his son Esh...
1.11 The posteritie of Iudah by Caleb the sonne of Hur. 5 Of Ashur the posthumus son of Hezron. [THE GENEALOGIE OF IUDAH.] 9 Of Iabez, and his prayer. 21 The posteritie of Shelah. 24 The posterit...
And Meonothai begat Ophrah; and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen, carpenters living in a well-known community, as men of the same occupation occupy ce...
THE POSTERITY OF JUDAH...
VALLEY: Or, inhabitants of the valley CHARASIM: That is, craftsmen...
THE FATHER OF THE VALLEY, i.e. of the inhabitants of the valley....
1 Chronicles 4:14 Meonothai H4587 begot H3205 (H8689) Ophrah H6084 Seraiah H8304 begot H3205 (H8689) Joab H309
CONTENTS: Posterity of Judah and Simeon. CHARACTERS: God, Jabez, Caleb. CONCLUSION: If we set ourselves to acknowledge God in all our ways we put ourselves under the divine blessing and protection a...
1 Chronicles 4:9. _Jabez,_ dolour, grief, anguish. He was honourable; the same with Othniel, according to the Targumists. 1 Chronicles 4:22. _Jokim, &c._ These four probably resided in Moab, about the...
_The sons of Judah._ SURVEY OF THE GENEALOGY I. How great the obscurity of most men! II. What folly to seek place and power only here! III. How needful to secure renown hereafter! “Rejoice that yo...
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 detail
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
CRITICAL NOTES.] Obscurity often arising from brevity conspicuous in this passage. Yet we discern an order in it, indicated in first verse. It contains descendants of Shobal, Hur, Carmi, Hezron, and o...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 4:1 After the large space given to the "sons of David," of the tribe of Judah, in the previous chapter, this chapter returns for twenty-three verses to group together a few ad...
In chapter four, we follow another line from Caleb through one of his sons called Er. And you get a different line of Caleb from that which was earlier given. Now in this particular line in verse nine...
Joshua 14:6; Joshua 15:13; Judges 1:12; Numbers 13:30; Numbers 13:6;
Father — Of the inhabitants of the valley....