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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:38

So also compare Azariah with 2 Chronicles 23:1 . These two names are abundantly interesting here. Zabad, the tenth from Jerahmeel, or fourteenth from the patriarch Judah himself, brings us to the time of David, by exactly the same interval as seven other perfect genealogies, four of these having the very same number of steps, viz. fourteen, two having fifteen, and that of David himself having eleven steps. An analogous and equally interesting correspondence can be traced with the name... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:42-49

These verses are occupied with the resumption of descendants of Caleb—the Caleb apparently of 1 Chronicles 2:9 and 1 Chronicles 2:18 , though, this being so, the last clause in 1 Chronicles 2:49 , the daughter of Caleb, Achsa , will require accounting for. This statement would lead us to suppose that we were assuredly reading of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; but it cannot be so. The name of Caleb, with the questions gathering round it, will be best considered here. Of the nine times in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:42

A third line of descent from Caleb, the son of Hezron, the issue probably of a different mother, perhaps Jerioth 1 Chronicles 2:18. The supposed omissions in this verse have been supplied as follows:(1) “Mesha, the father of Ziph; and the sons of Ziph, Mareshah, the father of Hebron;” or(2) “Mareshah, the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Ziph, Hebron.”Ziph, like Jorkoam 1 Chronicles 2:44 and Beth-zur 1 Chronicles 2:45, is the name of a place where the respective chiefs... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:34

1 Chronicles 2:34. But daughters We read of no more than one daughter that he had: but the writer speaks in the plural number, as before, 1 Chronicles 2:31. An Egyptian, whose name was Jarha To whom, as being a proselyte to the Jewish religion, and a faithful servant, his master Sheshan first gave his freedom, and then his daughter in marriage. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

Descendants of Judah and Simeon (2:1-4:43)Having listed the children of Jacob (Israel) starting with the eldest son Reuben, the writer immediately turns his attention to the tribe of Judah, the tribe that produced the dynasty of David (2:1-17). He traces the line of David first, then goes back to deal with a number of other important people in Judah and lists their descendants (18-55). On completing this, he returns to list the family of David (3:1-9), the descendants of David who reigned after... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 2:35

to Jarha. So to make him his heir. The laws of Khammurabi included this, 191. See App-15 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 2:42

Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel and son of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2:18 ). father. Here used in the sense of ruler. Compare 1 Chronicles 2:54 ; 1 Chronicles 4:4 . Mareshah. The name of a city, also in Judah (Joshua 15:44 ). Hebron. The name of a city, also in Judah. (Genesis 13:18 ; Genesis 23:2 , Genesis 23:19 ), See note on Numbers 13:22 . Given to Caleb by Joshua (1 Chronicles 14:13 ). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:34

34. Sheshan had no sons, but daughters—either he had no sons alive at his death, or his family consisted wholly of daughters, of whom Ahlai ( :-) was one, she being specially mentioned on account of the domestic relations about to be noted. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:35

35. Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife—The adoption and marriage of a foreign slave in the family where he is serving, is far from being a rare or extraordinary occurrence in Eastern countries. It is thought, however, by some to have been a connection not sanctioned by the law of Moses [MICHAELIS]. But this is not a well-founded objection, as the history of the Jews furnishes not a few examples of foreign proselytes in the same manner obtaining an inheritance in Israel; and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:42

42. the sons of Caleb—(compare 1 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Chronicles 2:25). The sons here noticed were the fruit of his union with a third wife. read more

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