1 Chronicles 4:1-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:8

And Coz ,.... Another son of Helah, and brother of the before mentioned: begat Anub, and Zobebah ; of whom we nowhere else read: and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum ; these were of the posterity of Coz; the Targum is, "and the family of Aharhel, this is Hur, the firstborn of Miriam;'which is not at all probable. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:9

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren ,.... The Targum adds,"and wiser in the law than his brethren;'or he might be a man of great wealth and riches, or of great strength and courage, all which make a man honourable; or he may be so called, because a praying man, as follows, a man of devotion and religion, a man of God, see 1 Samuel 9:6 , but who he was is not easy to say, probably a son or brother of Harum, or however that belonged to one of the families of Aharhel, mentioned in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called on the God of Israel ,.... Or prayed to him, as the Targum; though some understand it as a vow, promising what he would do if God would do thus and thus for him; the Syriac and Arabic versions read in the third person, taking it to be what others, his parents and friends, wished for him: let him bless thee ,.... but they are doubtless his own words, and a supplication of his to the Lord: saying, oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed ; the Targum adds, with children;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:11

And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir ,.... If Shuah is the same with Hushah, 1 Chronicles 4:4 , then Chelub was the son of Ezer: which was the father of Eshton ; not the prince of a place called Eshton, as Vatablus; for it is the name of a man, the son of Mehir, and who in the next verse is said to beget sons. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:12

And Eshton begat Bethrapha ,.... Or the family of Rapha: and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash ; or the city of Nahash; Tehinnah seems to have been the prince or governor of a city, so called: these are the men of Rechah ; these sons of Eshton dwelt in a place called Rechah; the Targum, without any reason, says, these are the men of the great sanhedrim. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:13

And the sons of Kenaz ,.... Who was either the son of Chelub, or of Eshton: Othniel, and Seraiah ; the first of these is he who is mentioned, Joshua 15:17 and was the first judge in Israel: and the son of Othniel, Hathath ; and the next mentioned. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:14

And Meonothai ,.... Another son of Othniel: begat Ophrah; and Seraiah, the brother of Othniel, begat Joab ; not David's general, but another of the same name, who lived long before him, see 1 Chronicles 2:54 . the father of the valley of Charashim : of the inhabitants of the valley, or the prince of them, called the valley of craftsmen, Nehemiah 11:35 the reason of which is here given: for they were craftsmen ; that dwelt in it, carpenters and smiths, both which the word... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:15

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh ,.... Jephunneh is not the same with Hezron, as the Targum, but another son of Kenaz, hence called the Kenezite, Joshua 14:6 and brother of Othniel; and Caleb his son is the same that was sent one of the spies of the land of Canaan by Moses, see Numbers 13:6 . his sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam ; of whom we nowhere else read: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz ; another Kenaz, or rather it should be read Uknaz; so Jarchi and Kimchi. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:16

And the sons of Jehaleleel ,.... Who probably was the son of Uknaz: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel ; there were two cities in the tribe of Judah of the name of Ziph, Joshua 15:24 , which might be called from these men, or from Ziph in 1 Chronicles 2:42 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:17

And the sons of Ezra ,.... Who was perhaps the son of Asareel, last mentioned: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon ; only one of them, Mered, is after mentioned: and she bare Miriam ; which is not the name of a woman, but of a man, as Kimchi observes; and, according to him, his mother was the wife of Mered, which he gathers from the next verse; though she seems to be the wife of Ezra, who bare him other sons: and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa ; a prince of a city... read more

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