And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam ,.... Which Hillerus F19 Onomast. Sacr. p. 329. takes to be the name of a city in the tribe of Judah; and Jarchi's note is, that wherever the word "father" is here used, it is to be understood of the prince of a city that follows: and Rekem begat Shammai ; there is a descendant of Jerahmeel, the brother of Caleb, of this name, 1 Chronicles 2:28 . read more
And the son of Shammai was Maon ,.... Who gave name to a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:55 see 1 Samuel 23:24 . and Maon was the father of Bethzur ; prince of a very strong fortified city of this name in the same tribe, Joshua 15:58 , unless this was a son of Maon's, from whom the city had its name. read more
And Ephah Caleb's concubine bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez ,.... An half-wife, or secondary wife; for though this man seems not to have had more wives than one at a time, yet he had concubines with them; we read of another after this, if not a third: and Haran begat Gazez ; whom he so named after his brother. read more
And the sons of Jahdai ,.... Who is not mentioned by this name before; perhaps the same with Moza, who might have two names, though, according to Hillerus F20 Onomast. Sacr. p. 841. , he was the son of Moza; some take it to be the name of another of Caleb's concubines, by whom he had the six following sons: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph ; one of these, Pelet perhaps, gave name to Bethpalet in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:27 . read more
Maachah, Caleb's concubine ,.... Another concubine of his: bare Sheber, and Tirhanah ; or of whom Caleb begot those two; for the verb is masculine; so Kimchi. read more
She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah ,.... Prince of a place so called, in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:31 . Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibeah ; prince of two cities of those names in the same tribe; of the latter see Joshua 15:57 , and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah ; Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, had a daughter of this name, but neither he nor she are here meant, Joshua 15:16 but by whom Caleb, the son of Hezron, had this daughter, is not said;... read more
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah ,.... This is another Caleb, the grandson of Caleb the son of Hezron, called after his name; he was the son of Hur, the firstborn of his wife Ephratah, 1 Chronicles 2:19 . Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim : of the inhabitants of that place; they sprung from him; or, as the Targum, he was prince of Kirjathjearim, a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:60 . read more
Salma the father of Bethlehem ,.... Or prince of Bethlehem, as the Targum; not the same as in 1 Chronicles 2:11 he was the son of Nahshon, this of the younger Caleb: Hareph, the father of Bethgader ; prince of a place of that name called Gedor, 1 Chronicles 4:4 , and where this man's name is Penuel; Gedor was in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:58 . read more
And Shobal, the father of Kirjathjearim had sons ,.... Which shows that Kirjathjearim is not the name of a man, or of any of Shobal's sons, who are next mentioned, but of a place of which he was prince: the first is Haroeh , who is called Reaiah, 1 Chronicles 4:2 a word of the same signification: and half of the Manahethites ; which Kimchi takes to be the proper name of a man called Chatzihamanaheth, another son of Shobal's; but Jarchi interprets it of the name of a place or... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:43
And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. One of these, Tappuah, is the name of a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:34 and there is also Bethtappuah in the same tribe, 1 Chronicles 2:53 which one, or both, might have their name from this man; and Shema also, 1 Chronicles 2:26 . read more