1 Chronicles 1:16 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:1-27

This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself lived. Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful. By the breach which the former made of the covenant of innocency, we were all made miserable; by the covenant of grace made with the latter, we all are, or may be, made happy. We all are, by nature, the seed of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:5-27

The sons of Japheth, Gomer ,.... Here begins the genealogy of the sons of Noah after the flood; of the sons of Japheth the elder, in this and the two following verses; next of the sons of Ham, the younger brother, 1 Chronicles 1:8 , then of Shem, whose posterity are mentioned last, because from him, in the line of Heber, sprang Abraham, the ancestor of the Jewish nation, of whom the Messiah was to come, for whose sake this genealogy is given, 1 Chronicles 1:17 . The whole is the same... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:8-16

C. LIST OF THE SONS , GRANDSONS , AND GREAT - GRANDSONS OF HAM . This list consists of four sons of Ham, of six grandsons, including Nimrod , through Cush , the eldest son of Ham ; of seven grandsons through Mizraim , the second son of Ham; of eleven grandsons through Canaan , the fourth son of Ham; of two great-grandsons through Raamah , Cush's fourth son;—thirty descendants in all. No issue is given of Put , the third son of Hem. The parallel list is found... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:16

This verse furnishes us with one illustration of the assertion made above, that the clues to the ethnological and ethnographical statements of these most ancient records are not necessarily all hopelessly lost. In the name Zemarite , it is suggested by Michaelis, that we have allusion to the place Sumra, on the west coast of Syria, this Sumra being the Siniyra of Pliny ('Hist. Nat.,' 5.20), and of the Spanish geographer of the first century, Pomponius Mela (1. 12). But the place Zimira, in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:16

The Zemarite - See Genesis 10:18 note. The inscriptions of the Assyrian monarch, Sargon, (720 B.C.) mention Zimira, which is joined with Arpad (Arvad); and there can be little doubt that it is the city indicated by the term “Zemarite.” read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

1:1-9:34 GENEALOGIES OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAELThe long lists of names that characterize Chronicles may not make interesting reading for us today, but they were important to the original readers. First, these genealogies proved to those who returned that they were a true continuation of the former kingdom. Second, they indicated who among the people had to carry out various religious duties and who among them were of the royal family of David. The lists recorded the origin and development of each... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 1:1-24

A. The Lineage of David chs. 1-3The writer evidently chose, under divine inspiration, to open his book with genealogies to help his readers appreciate their heritage and to tie themselves to Adam, Abraham, and David in particular. Adam was important as the head of the human race. Abraham was important because of the promises God gave him and his descendants in the Abrahamic Covenant. David was important because of his role as Israel’s divinely chosen king and because of the promises God gave... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

GenealogiesThe writer begins his history with a series of genealogies, without introduction or heading, which embraces the descendants of Adam to Noah, the descendants of Noah through Japheth, Ham and Shem, the descendants of Abraham through Ishmael and the sons of Keturah, the descendants of Isaac through Esau and the rulers of Edom. These genealogies, which occupy the first nine chapters of this book, and occur frequently throughout the remaining chapters, relate to (a) peoples, (b)... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 1:8-16

THE SONS OF HAM, THE DARK-SKINNED OR SWARTHY (1 Chronicles 1:8-16).(8) Cush.—The Greek Meroë, Assyrian Miluhha, or Kûsu, south of Egypt, in our Bibles often called Ethiopia (Isaiah 19:1). The Arabic gives Habesh, i.e., Ethiopia.Mizraim.—The common Hebrew name of Egypt: strictly, “the two Miçrs”—i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt. But the name should rather be spelt Mizrim—the Egyptians; the form Mizraim being probably a mere fancy of the Jewish punctuators. The Assyrians wrote Muçum, Muçru, Muçur. The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 1:13-16

THE CITY ZIDON AND THE TEN RACES OF CANAAN (1 Chronicles 1:13-16).(13) Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn.—Or, in modern phrase, Zidon is the oldest city of Canaan. It is usually mentioned along with Tyre, the ruling city in later times. Sennacherib speaks of the flight of Lulî, “king of Zidon,” from Tyre. Esarhaddon mentions Baal of Tyre as a tributary. Of the eleven “sons of Canaan all but three or four have been identified in the cuneiform inscriptions of Assyria.And Heth—that is, the Hittite... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:1-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:5-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:8-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 1:1-24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 1:8-16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 1:13-16

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