1 Chronicles 2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:48

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:49

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:50

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:51

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:52

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:53

And the families of Kirjathjearim ,.... That dwelt there, of which Shobal was prince, and who sprung from him, are as follow: the Ithrite, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites ; who had their names from Jether, Putha, Shumath, and Mishra, descendants of Shobal: of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites ; that is, from the Mishraites sprung the inhabitants of Zeroth and Eshtaol, places in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:33 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:54

The sons of Salma ,.... Another son of the younger Caleb, 1 Chronicles 2:50 whose sons were Bethlehem, the inhabitants of the place, at least many of them, of which he was prince, 1 Chronicles 2:51 and the Netophathite; the inhabitants of Netophah, a place in the tribe of Judah, mentioned along with Bethlehem, Nehemiah 7:26 these sprung from Salma: Ataroth, the house of Joab ; Ataroth seems to be the name of a place in the tribe of Judah, where the family of Joab lived, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:55

And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez ,.... A city in Judah, the founder of which, perhaps, was Jabez, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:9 in which learned men dwelt: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites ; who sprung from men whose names were Tira, Shimea, and Sucha; and if they were not the posterity of Salma, yet dwelt among his, and so are reckoned with them; perhaps the latter might have their name from dwelling in tents; the former clause may be rendered,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 2

The twelve sons of Jacob, 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 1 Chronicles 2:2 . The posterity of Judah down to David, 1 Chronicles 2:3-15 . The posterity of the children of Jesse and Caleb, vv. 16-55. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:1

These are the sons of Israel - For this genealogy see the parallel places at Genesis 29:32 ; Genesis 30:5 ; Genesis 35:18 , Genesis 35:22 ; Genesis 46:8 , etc. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:48

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:49

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:50

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:51

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:52

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:53

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:54

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:55

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:1

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