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William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

NAMES1 Chronicles 1:1-54; 1 Chronicles 2:1-55; 1 Chronicles 3:1-24; 1 Chronicles 4:1-43; 1 Chronicles 5:1-26; 1 Chronicles 6:1-81; 1 Chronicles 7:1-40; 1 Chronicles 8:1-40; 1 Chronicles 9:1-44THE first nine chapters of Chronicles form, with a few slight exceptions, a continuous list of names. It is the largest extant collection of Hebrew names. Hence these chapters may be used as a text for the exposition of any spiritual significance to be derived from Hebrew names either individually or... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:3

0FAMILY TRADITIONS1 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Chronicles 1:19-46; 1 Chronicles 2:3; 1 Chronicles 2:7-34; 1 Chronicles 4:9-10; 1 Chronicles 4:18; 1 Chronicles 4:22; 1 Chronicles 4:27; 1 Chronicles 4:34-43; 1 Chronicles 5:10; 1 Chronicles 5:18-22; 1 Chronicles 7:21-23; 1 Chronicles 8:13CHRONICLES is a miniature Old Testament, and may have been meant as a handbook for ordinary people, who had no access to the whole library of sacred writings. It contains nothing corresponding to the books of Wisdom or... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

2. The Sons of Israel and the Descendants of Judah (2:1-4:23) CHAPTER 2 From Israel to Caleb 1. The sons of Israel (1 Chronicles 2:1-2 ) 2. The sons of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3-12 ) 3. The offspring of Jesse (1 Chronicles 2:13-17 ) 4. The descendants of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:18-24 ) 5. The descendants of Jerahmeel (1 Chronicles 2:25-41 ) 6. Other descendants of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:42-55 ) After the twelve sons of Israel (Jacob) are named, Judah and his sons are mentioned. The... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:3

2:3 The sons of {a} Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.(a) Though Judah was not Jacob’s eldest son, yet he first begins with him, because he would come to the genealogy of David, of whom came Christ. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

GENEALOGIES AND PEDIGREES INTRODUCTION With this begins the study of those historical books of the Old Testament written shortly after the return from the Babylonian captivity, the remainder of the series including 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. “Chronicles” means “diaries” or “journal,” and the books recapitulate sacred history from the time of Adam, in which the earlier books of the Old Testament are drawn upon and occasionally supplemented. The Holy Spirit, who is the real... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

The Sons of Israel: Their Genealogy Typical Sinners 1 Chronicles 2:0 All this elaborate tracing of family lines shows that the historian is about to conduct his enquiries upon a complete and exact basis. We acquire confidence in the man by the minuteness of the very details, which at first taxes both our patience and our memory. The names may be so read as to constitute only an elaborate catalogue, in which case the spirit of unity would be lost, and the whole process would end in nothingness... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:3

Observe bow Judah takes the lead, because that our Lord sprang out of Judah. And let the Reader remember, that the whole course of this register is to show the pedigree of Christ after the flesh. So infinitely important is this one thing. Hebrews 7:14 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:3

Her. The crime for which he was punished is not specified in Scripture. (Calmet) --- The Rabbins say that he was so enamoured of the beauty of his wife, that he treated her in the same manner as Onan did afterwards. (Cassian viii. 11.) --- It is supposed that he was slain by a devil, (Calmet) like the (Tirinus) impure husbands of Sarai, Tobias vi. 14. (Haydock) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Chronicles 2:1-17

From Israel to Jesse v. 1. These are the sons of Israel, that Isaiah of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the bearer of the Messianic promise: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, the six sons of Leah, v. 2. Dan, the older son of Rachel's maid, Joseph and Benjamin, the two sons of Rachel, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher, the remaining sons of the handmaids. v. 3. The sons of Judah, who became the bearer of the Messianic promise, Genesis 49:10; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, which three... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

b. The Sons of Israel, and the Generation of Judah down to David, with David’s Descendants to Elioenai and his Seven Sons.—1 Chronicles 2:1 to 1 Chronicles 4:231. The Twelve Sons of Israel and the Descendants of Judah: 1 Chronicles 2:1-41 (with an Appendix relating chiefly to the Posterity of Caleb: 1 Chronicles 2:42-55)1 Chronicles 2:1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon (Shimon), Levi, and Judah, 2Issachar, and Zebulun. Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Assher. 3The sons... read more

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