1 Chronicles 2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-2

EXPOSITION The interest of this chapter owes something to the several unsatisfied questions which it suggests, to difficult and knotty points which nevertheless do not altogether counsel despair, and to occasional significant indications of sources drawn upon by the compiler, certainly quite additional to the contents of the existing books of the Old Testament. We know something of what we have to expect when the name of Israel, or Jacob, is announced in the first verse, with his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:3-9

2. THE LINE OF JUDAH , TO HIS THREE GREAT - GRANDSONS . The line of Judah is, with a well-known object, the first to be taken up, although Judah stands fourth of Israel's sons. Judah has five sons: three, Er, Onan, Shelah , by a Canaanitess, the daughter of Shad ; and two, Pharez and Zerah , by Tamar , his own daughter-in-law, under the circumstances described ( Genesis 38:6-30 ). There all these names are found in exact accord in the Authorized Version, in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:7

We have then so far seven grandsons to Judah, when a new name, unmentioned before, is introduced—Carmi. He is neither described as one of the seven grandsons nor as descended from any one of them, but unenviably enough is marked as the father of Achar —later form of Achau— the troubler of Israel . Joshua 7:1-18 supplies the missing link, and states that Carmi is son of Zimri (Zabdi), one of the aforesaid seven grandsons. By the punishment of death, visited upon this Achar, with his sons... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:8

The line through Ethan , another of the seven grandsons, seems to stop with Azariah , a name found nowhere else. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:9

3. THE LINE OF JUDAH PURSUED THROUGH THE THREE BRANCHES OF HEZRON 'S SONS . The track of genealogy then returns upon Pharez, and to the name of Hezron , the most important by far of the seven grandsons. His three sons are announced, and, as beginning with the firstborn, so presumably in order of seniority. They are: (A), Jerahmeel; (B), Ram; (C), Chelubai. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:10-15

(B) Ram is taken first in order, at once to push on the lineage of Judah to the great landmark DAVID , who is reached at the seventh generation from Ram ( Ruth 4:19-22 ; Matthew 1:3-5 ; Luke 3:31-33 ), his name being ranked last of seven brothers only, sons of Jesse. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:11

Salma , Hebrew שַׂלְמָא ; but Ruth 4:20 , שַׂלְמָה and in following verse שׂלְמוֹן . The variation of the first two of these forms has many parallels, as between Chronicles and the earlier Old Testament Scriptures. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:13-15

Give us what we have not elsewhere, the names of the fourth, fifth, and sixth sons of Jesse, viz. Nathaneel, Raddai (but see 1 Kings 1:8 ), and Ozem . But, on the other hand, they make it appear that David was the seventh of seven, instead of ( 1 Samuel 14:10 , 1 Samuel 14:11 ; 1 Samuel 17:12 ) the eighth of eight sons. The missing son, any way, belongs to the seventh place. The Syriac and Arabic versions have taken the Elihu of 1 Chronicles 27:18 , and put him in this place.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:16-17

These verses do not say that David "begat" Zeruiah and Abigail , but that these two were sisters of the foregoing seven brethren. Light is thrown upon this by 2 Samuel 17:25 , which says that Abigail was the daughter of one Nahash, and that Zeruiah was her sister. But it is to leave us in greater darkness as to who Nahath was: whether Nahath was another name for Jesse, or the name of Jesse's wife, or the name of a former husband of Jesse's wife, to whom she bore these two daughters... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:18-20

(C) Chelubai. The descendants of Caleb (Chelubai), placed third of Hezron's sons, are next dealt with; but the subject is almost immediately interrupted by resumed reference to Hezron ( 1 Chronicles 2:21-24 ), and by the table of Jemh-meel and his descendants ( 1 Chronicles 2:25-41 ); after which the table of Caleb, apparently the same Caleb, is carried on ( 1 Chronicles 2:42-49 ). Taking these broken portions, however, just as they come, we are immediately met by a series of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-2

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:7

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:11

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:18-20

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