1 Chronicles 2:21-24

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:18-55

The persons mentioned in the former paragraph are most of them such as we read of, and most of them such as we read much of, in other scriptures; but very few of those to whom this paragraph relates are mentioned any where else. It should seem, the tribe of Judah were more full and exact in their genealogies than any other of the tribes, in which we must acknowledge a special providence, for the clearing of the genealogy of Christ. 1. Here we find Bezaleel, who was head-workman in building the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:21

And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead ,.... Which Machir was the son of Manasseh, and Gilead was his grandson, Numbers 26:29 the Targum is,"but he enticed a virgin, the daughter of Machir;'which suggests, that he committed fornication with her, though he afterwards married her; her name is not mentioned; to me it seems to be Abiah, 1 Chronicles 2:24 and whom the Targum there calls the daughter of Machir: whom he married when he was sixty years old... read more

John Gill

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:21-24

The first interruption to the record of Caleb's posterity is now occasioned by a resumed reference to Hezron , who at the age of threescore took to wife (as it seems from 1 Chronicles 2:24 ) Abiah , sister to Gilead, daughter of the eminent man Machir , who was Manasseh's oldest son by an Aramitess concubine ( 1 Chronicles 7:14 ). Two sons of Hezron by Abiah are given (the latter of them a posthumous child), but the elder having a son called Jair tracked, no doubt as one who became... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:21-35

The Authorized Version is not justified in substituting children for the Hebrew "sons;" the object evidently being to make this statement reconcilable with 1 Chronicles 2:34 , which says that Sheshan had only daughters. The difficulty can be removed, possibly, by supposing that Ahlai died (yet see 1 Chronicles 11:41 ), or that, at the time to which 1 Chronicles 2:34 refers, only daughters were in question. Wall's conjecture, that Ahlai of 1 Chronicles 2:31 is the same with Attai ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:23

Geshur was a small district between Argob and Bashan; and Aram , commonly translated Syria, i.e. the ancient Syria, viz. the territory of Damascus. Kenath , rechristened by its subduer Nobah ( Numbers 32:42 ), and retaining this name at the time of Gideon, and Zeba and Sahnunnah subsequently vindicated the life of its old name, and regained it, replaced in the present day by Kenawat. And the towns thereof ; Hebrew literally, her daughters ; i.e. the small, subordinate groups of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:24

The remaining verse of this section brings another point of difficulty unsolved yet. No place Caleb-ephratah is known, and no sort of accounting for Hezron dying anywhere but in Egypt, whither he went with Jacob ( Genesis 46:12 ), is producible. The Vulgate has Ingressus est Caleb ad Ephratam , but our Hebrew text cannot be made to justify it, if for nothing else, for want of a preposition אֶל before "Ephrata." This reading of the Vulgate has suggested to others that by a slight... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:22

Jair, who had three and twenty cities - The places called “Havoth-Jair” in the earlier Scriptures (see Numbers 32:41 note), which appear to have been a number of “small towns,” or villages, in the Ledjah, the Classical “Trachonitis.” read more

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