1 Chronicles 2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:22

And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty three cities in the land of Gilead. Which, according to Kimchi, he inherited in right of his wife, which, he says, he took out of the land of Gilead; but they seem to be rather what he took by force of arms from the former inhabitants; see Numbers 32:41 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:23

And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them ,.... Cities or countries which the Geshurites and Aramaeans, or Syrians, before inhabited; and which he took from them, together with other towns, which, being taken by him, were called after his name; the Targum is, the Geshurites and Aramaeans took the villages of Jair from them; that is, from the sons of Jair in later times; see Joshua 12:5 . with Kenath, and the towns thereof ; which Jair took by Nobah his general,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:24

And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah ,.... Supposed to be the same with Bethlehem; and was so called, both from Caleb the son of Hezron, and Ephrath his wife, 1 Chronicles 2:19 , then Abiah, Hezron's wife, bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa ; being left with child by him at his death; the whole verse is paraphrased thus in the Targum,"and after Hezron died in the house of Caleb his son in Ephrath, the wife of Hezron the daughter of Machir was left with child, and she bare to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:25

And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the firstborn ,.... So called by his father after the name of his brother, see 1 Chronicles 2:9 . and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah ; or "of Ahijah", as some F18 Junius, Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis. render it, this being the name of his wife, who bare him the sons before named, since mention is made of another wife in the next verse. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:26

Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah ,.... Distinct from his wife before named; or "another woman", which is a phrase for an harlot or concubine, Judges 11:2 which she might be, as Kimchi observes; though the former seems best: she was the mother of Onam ; and perhaps was the only son she bore to Jerahmeel, of whose sons see 1 Chronicles 2:28 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:27

And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel ,.... By his first wife: were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker ; of whom no other notice is taken; perhaps they left no children. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:28

And the sons of Onam ,.... The son of Jerahmeel by his other wife: were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur ; whose posterity are mentioned in the two following verses. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:29

And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail ,.... Of the same name was a wife of Rehoboam, a daughter of his grandfather David's eldest brother, Eliab, 2 Chronicles 11:18 . and she bare him Ahban, and Molid ; which are no more mentioned, they perhaps leaving no posterity. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:30

And the sons of Nadab ,.... The eldest son of Shammai, 1 Chronicles 2:28 , Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children ; and therefore we hear no more of him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:31

And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan ,.... Though they had each of them but one son, yet the plural number is used, their posterity being included, as in 1 Chronicles 2:8 and so in the next clause: and the children of Sheshan; Ahlai ; who, from 1 Chronicles 2:34 appears to be a daughter. read more

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