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Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 1:13-16

THE CITY ZIDON AND THE TEN RACES OF CANAAN (1 Chronicles 1:13-16).(13) Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn.—Or, in modern phrase, Zidon is the oldest city of Canaan. It is usually mentioned along with Tyre, the ruling city in later times. Sennacherib speaks of the flight of Lulî, “king of Zidon,” from Tyre. Esarhaddon mentions Baal of Tyre as a tributary. Of the eleven “sons of Canaan all but three or four have been identified in the cuneiform inscriptions of Assyria.And Heth—that is, the Hittite... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 1:17-23

THE SONS OF SHEM, OR THE SEMITES (1 Chronicles 1:17-23).(17) Blam.—The Elamtum of the Assyrian inscription, the classic Susiana, a mountainous land eastward of Babylonia, to which it was subject in the days of Abraham (Genesis 14:0). The names Assurû, Elamû, Kassû, and Accadû occur together in an old Assyrian list of nations. Êlama, from which the Assyrian and Hebrew names are derived, is Accadian. The native designation was Ansan. The Sargonide kings of Assyria had frequent wars with... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

Man Succeeding Man 1 Chronicles 1:44 There are men immediately behind us who are waiting for us to get on, and to go, and finish our prophecy, our commerce, our function, whatever it may be. The breath of the next man is hot on my neck. Do not lose the spiritual impulse and spiritual edification of such texts as these by calling them commonplace. Do not say that we are uttering trite sayings when we say that man lives that he may die, and dies, says the Christian faith, that he may live. We... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

Analysis and Annotations I. THE GENEALOGIES 1. From Adam to the Edomites CHAPTER 1 1. Adam to Noah (1 Chronicles 1:1-4 ) 2. The sons of Japheth (1 Chronicles 1:5-7 ) 3. The sons of Ham (1 Chronicles 1:8-16 ) 4. The sons of Shem (1 Chronicles 1:17-23 ) 5. From Shem to Abraham (1 Chronicles 1:24-27 ) 6. Ishmael and his sons (1 Chronicles 1:28-31 ) 7. Abraham’s sons from Keturah (1 Chronicles 1:32-33 ) 8. The sons of Isaac (1 Chronicles 1:34 ) 9. The sons of Esau (1 Chronicles... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:17

1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and {d} Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.(d) Of whom came the Syrians, and therefore they are called Amramites throughout all scripture. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

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 1:1-54

The Second Adam The Mighty Dead 1 Chronicles 1:0 This chapter should be taken as one lesson from beginning to end, and having read it through the reader will certainly be filled with wonder at the list of strange and even marvellous names. The first question that will arise must naturally be, What do we know of these people? The answer is that we know next to nothing about them, and yet there is the fact that they actually lived, exerted an influence, concluded their mission, and then passed... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:8-16

The genealogy of Ham is also introduced before that of Shem, that, perhaps, the sacred Writer having dispatched the two sons of Noah and their race, from whom the Messiah was not to spring, he might carry on the genealogy in the line of Shem, the other son of Noah, from whom after the flesh the Messiah was to spring. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:17-27

It is truly interesting to observe, how faithfully the record of the genealogy from Adam to Abraham is preserved. What nation, beside the Jewish, can boast of so ancient and so correct a record? And Reader! think how lost to all sense of truth, as well as gratitude, must have been the Jews, who, with this record in their hand, could venture to say concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, when appearing before them, as the descendant of Abraham after the flesh, As for this fellow, we know not whence he... read more

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