The sons of Appaim; an expression oft used, both afterwards in this verse, and elsewhere, and in profane authors too, where there is but one son. It is an enallage of the number, which is frequent in the Hebrew. read more
CRITICAL NOTES.] The sons of Israel. Names more numerous than Genesis, without regard to order. Greater interest by filling up former accounts.1 Chronicles 2:3-12.—Posterity of Judah. 1 Chronicles 2:1-2, sons of Leah first; sons of Rachel between Dan and Naphtali (cf. Genesis 29-35). 1 Chronicles 2:3-8, Judah first, pre-eminent (Genesis 49:8), and descendants given to third generation. 1 Chronicles 2:3-4, abridged from Genesis 38:0, and 1 Chronicles 2:5 found in Genesis 46:0. 1 Chronicles... read more
Chapter 2Now these are the sons of Israel ( 1 Chronicles 2:1 );And the twelve sons of Jacob. And then we follow for a little bit the sons of Judah, and then we are now zeroing in. As I tell you, we keep coming back zeroing in on the line of Christ. And as we get to Judah, because the Messiah was to come out of Judah, we find the descendants from Judah to Jesse. He was to be a root out of the stem of Jesse. And so that's the family we're interested, and then from Jesse, of course, we want David,... read more
the children of Sheshan: 1 Chronicles 2:34, 1 Chronicles 2:35 read more
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.The sons — An expression often used in prophane authors too, where there is but one son. read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). Genealogical Lists, together with Geographical and Historical Notes.— These chapters form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel ( 1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2)— with the exception of Cain’ s descendants ( Genesis 4:16-Song of Solomon :)— the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3-2 Timothy :); David ( 1 Chronicles 3:1-Jeremiah :); Judah... read more