歴代誌Ⅰ 4:1-11 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:3-4

Etam is, with little doubt, the name of a place ( 2 Chronicles 11:6 ) in Judah, south of Jerusalem. It was near Tekoah ( 1 Chronicles 4:5 , and 1 Chronicles 2:24 ) and Bethlehem (next verse). The hiatus in the first clause may possibly be supplied by "the families of" from the last verse, or, more fitly, by "the sons of," inasmuch as some manuscripts have it so. The Septuagint, however, and Vulgate displace "the father of" ( i.e. chief of ), replacing it by "the sons of." The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:5-7

Another before-mentioned person ( 1 Chronicles 2:24 ) is brought forward, viz. Ashur, the posthumous son of Hezron by Abia, now again, as there, styled father, or chief, of Tekoa, a town, as above, near Etam, Bethlehem, etc. He is brought forward that the names of his two wives, with four children to the latter of them and three to the former, may be given. The Roman Septuagint unaccountably gives different names to the mothers, and reverses the groups of the four and three children. Nothing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:8

The link of connection between the persons named in this verse and the tribe of Judah is utterly unknown. The introduction of them, abrupt as it is, is, however, paralleled by many others ira-mediately following in this chapter, as well as elsewhere. Nothing has yet been produced in elucidation of any one of the persons designated by these names, or of their relation to the context. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:9

This is not less true of the name of verses. 9, 10, which, however, has made its own mark amid the whole scene. The episode of these two verses, offering itself amid what should seem, superficially, a dry mass of dead names, is welcome and grateful as the oasis of the desert, and it warns us that life lies hidden at our every footfall on this ground, spread over though it is with monument and inscription, and hollow, as we thought, with the deadest of the dead. But the glimpse of old real life... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:10

When Jabez grew to manhood he has learnt to estimate rightly the value of God's blessing. He invokes it, and depends upon it. His language implies the confidence that he had in the reality of providential blessing. For the expression, enlarge my coast, see Deuteronomy 12:20 : Deuteronomy 19:8 ; and though we know nothing as matter of fact about the occasion of this prayer, we may assume that it was one when not selfishness and greed of larger territory, but just opportunity, had awakened a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:11-12

Of the whole of the group of names, contained in these two verses, it must be said that we are in the dark. The suggestion of Grove, in his art. "Ir-enahash" (Smith's 'Bible Dictionary'), is worth notice, that possibly the versos may be a reminiscence of some Canaanitish graft on Judah—the Shuah ( שׁוּחָה ) of verse. 11 pointing to the Shua ( שׁוַּע )of 1 Chronicles 2:3 ; Genesis 38:2 . Beth-rapha (the house of the giant) looks more like the name of a place than of a person, though... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:3

Read, “These are the sons of the father (i. e. chief) of Etam” 2 Chronicles 11:6, a city of Judah, not far from Bethlehem. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:9

It is remarkable that Jabez should be introduced without description, or patronymic, as if a well-known personage. We can only suppose that he was known to those for whom Chronicles was written, either by tradition, or by writings which have perished. In 1 Chronicles 4:10 Jabez alludes to his name, “sorrowful” (margin): “Grant that the grief implied in my name may not come upon me!” read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:11-12

It has been conjectured from the strangeness of all the names in this list, that we have here a fragment of Canaanite record, connected with the family of the “Shua,” whose daughter Judah took to wife 1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 38:2, and whose family thus became related to the tribe of Judah. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 4:1

1 Chronicles 4:1. The sons of Judah The posterity: for only Pharez was his immediate son. But they are all mentioned here only to show Shobal’s descent from Judah. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:11-12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 4:1

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