Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Chronicles 4:1-43
The Prayer of Jabez. The Man 1 Chronicles 4:10 Here we have a very short biography of a very notable, character; there is no long preface to it, no long drawn-out description of what sort of man Jabez was, no flowery description of wonderful virtues and attainments, as are many biographies of Christian men which are too much shorn of the infirmities of the creature, and therefore too much dressed with human wisdom to be of very much use, although they seem to be very taking at times. I. His... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 4:17
(17) And the sons of Ezra.—Heb., son, but some MSS. have sons (see Note on 1 Chronicles 3:19; 1 Chronicles 3:21). Ezra means help = Ezer, 1 Chronicles 4:4.Jether occurred 1 Chronicles 2:32, as a Jerahmeelite.Epher recurs 1 Chronicles 5:24, as a Manassite name.Jalon and Mered occur nowhere else.And she bare.—Literally, conceived. Who bare the three sons, whose names follow, is not clear from the preceding statement, which includes none but male appellations. The LXX. reads, “And Jether bare... read more