And the sons of Zophah ,.... The eldest of the sons of Helem: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, Bezer; and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera ; in all eleven. read more
His daughter was Sherah - That is, remnant; "called so," says the Targum, "because she was the remnant that escaped from the slaughter mentioned above." read more
And Shua their sister - It is very rarely that women are found in the Jewish genealogies, and they are never inserted but for especial reasons. read more
The chief difficulty of this passage lies in reconciling the points of chronology which it forces to the surface. 1 Chronicles 7:20 , 1 Chronicles 7:21 , purport to contain the line of descent from Ephraim through his son Shu-thelah to the seventh generation, viz. to another Shuthelah. The remaining two names, Ezer and Elead, may perhaps be two brothers of the first Shuthelah, i.e. own sons of Ephraim. If it be so, these two must not be supposed to correspond with Becher and Tahan,... read more
His daughter . If the literal interpretation of this whole section be accepted, according to which both Ephraim and Beriah must have passed their lifetime in Egypt, the "daughter," strictly so called, of either the one or the other could not have been the founder of the places here mentioned. The word "daughter" must, therefore, represent simply a female descendant. (For other references to Beth-heron, see Joshua 10:10 , Joshua 10:11 ; Joshua 16:3 , Joshua 16:5 ; Joshua 18:13 , ... read more
Of the names Rephah and Resheph nothing else is known. read more
Non . The same as Nun ( Numbers 13:8 , Numbers 13:16 ). read more
Naaran . This place is probably the same with the Naarath or Naarah of Joshua 16:7 ; though here it is said to be an eastward limit, and there its description might rather seem that of a southward limit. Gaza. This name can scarcely designate the well-known Gaza , assigned to Judah ( Joshua 15:47 ; 1:18 ), but so largely the prey of the Philistines ( 3:3 ; 16:21 ; 1 Samuel 6:17 ). read more
The places mentioned in this verse were assigned to Manasseh. Bethshean was on the west of Jordan, and was within the borders of Issachar ( Joshua 17:11-13 ; 1 Kings 4:11 , 1 Kings 4:12 ). Dor was within the borders of Asher ( Joshua 11:1 , Joshua 11:2 ; Joshua 12:23 ; Joshua 17:11 ; 1:27 , 1:28 ). Taanach . This place also lay within the borders of Issachar or Asher ( Joshua 17:11 , Joshua 17:12 ; Joshua 21:25 ; 5:19 ). Megiddo . This place is constantly... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:35
And the sons of his brother Helem ,.... Or Helem his brother, that is, the brother of Shomer, who, according to Hillerus F14 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 551. , is Hotham, 1 Chronicles 7:32 . Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Aram ; nowhere else mentioned. read more