1 Chronicles 2:18-23 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:21-24

The first interruption to the record of Caleb's posterity is now occasioned by a resumed reference to Hezron , who at the age of threescore took to wife (as it seems from 1 Chronicles 2:24 ) Abiah , sister to Gilead, daughter of the eminent man Machir , who was Manasseh's oldest son by an Aramitess concubine ( 1 Chronicles 7:14 ). Two sons of Hezron by Abiah are given (the latter of them a posthumous child), but the elder having a son called Jair tracked, no doubt as one who became... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:21-35

The Authorized Version is not justified in substituting children for the Hebrew "sons;" the object evidently being to make this statement reconcilable with 1 Chronicles 2:34 , which says that Sheshan had only daughters. The difficulty can be removed, possibly, by supposing that Ahlai died (yet see 1 Chronicles 11:41 ), or that, at the time to which 1 Chronicles 2:34 refers, only daughters were in question. Wall's conjecture, that Ahlai of 1 Chronicles 2:31 is the same with Attai ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:23

Geshur was a small district between Argob and Bashan; and Aram , commonly translated Syria, i.e. the ancient Syria, viz. the territory of Damascus. Kenath , rechristened by its subduer Nobah ( Numbers 32:42 ), and retaining this name at the time of Gideon, and Zeba and Sahnunnah subsequently vindicated the life of its old name, and regained it, replaced in the present day by Kenawat. And the towns thereof ; Hebrew literally, her daughters ; i.e. the small, subordinate groups of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:18

In the remainder of this chapter the writer obtains scarcely any assistance from the earlier Scriptures, and must have drawn almost entirely from genealogical sources, accessible to him, which have since perished.Azubah was Caleb’s wife; Jerioth his concubine. He had children by both; but those of Azubah are alone recorded. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:22

Jair, who had three and twenty cities - The places called “Havoth-Jair” in the earlier Scriptures (see Numbers 32:41 note), which appear to have been a number of “small towns,” or villages, in the Ledjah, the Classical “Trachonitis.” read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:23

Rather, “And Geshur and Aram (i. e. the Geshurites Deuteronomy 3:14 and Syrians) took the villages of Jair from them:” recovered, that is, from the new settlers the places which Jair had conquered.All these belonged to the sons of Machir - Rather, “All these were sons of Machir,” i. e. Segub and Jair, with their descendants, were reckoned sons of Machir, rather than sons of Hezron, although only descended from Machir on the mother’s side. The reason of this seems to have been that they cast in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:17-18

1 Chronicles 2:17-18. Jether the Ishmaelite By birth or habitation, but by profession an Israelite, 2 Samuel 17:25. And her sons The sons of Azubah, who is by way of distinction called his wife, when Jerioth probably was only his concubine, and, it may seem, barren: therefore, upon Azubah’s death he married another wife, 1 Chronicles 2:19. And those other sons of this Caleb, mentioned 1 Chronicles 2:42, are his sons by some other wife distinct from all these. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:21

1 Chronicles 2:21. The father of Gilead It is doubtful whether the word Gilead is here the name of a man, or of the country so called: if it be the latter, the expression means, the prince of Gilead, as the word father often signifies: if the former, the Gilead intended must have been a person of noted valour, probably the great champion in those parts. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:23

1 Chronicles 2:23. All these belonged to the sons of Machir Partly to his own sons, and partly to his son-in-law Jair, who by reason of that dear affection which was between them, and his forsaking his own tribe and kindred to fight for them, and to dwell with them, is here reckoned as his own son. 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

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:21-24

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:21-35

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:17-18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

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