1 Chronicles 2:24-25

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 2:24

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:25

And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the firstborn ,.... So called by his father after the name of his brother, see 1 Chronicles 2:9 . and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah ; or "of Ahijah", as some F18 Junius, Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis. render it, this being the name of his wife, who bare him the sons before named, since mention is made of another wife in the next verse. 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 2:24

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:25-41

We reach here the second interruption in the account of Caleb's posterity. (A) Jerahmeel , though the eldest Hezronite son, has as yet been passed by in favour of Ram and in favour of Caleb, so far as regards part of his descendants. Jerahmeel himself is mentioned nowhere else, but his people collectively are ( 1 Samuel 27:10 ; 1 Samuel 30:29 ). On the other hand, this place alone supplies the lists of names, and we have not the aid of any collation. 1 Chronicles 2:25 purports in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:25

And Ahijah - There is no “and” in the original. Hence, some would read: “the sons” were born “of” or “from Ahijah,” the first wife of Jerahmeel (see the next verse). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:24

1 Chronicles 2:24. The father of Tekoa A known place, of which he is termed the father, because he was either the progenitor of the people who inhabited it, or their prince and ruler, or the builder of the city. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

Descendants of Judah and Simeon (2:1-4:43)Having listed the children of Jacob (Israel) starting with the eldest son Reuben, the writer immediately turns his attention to the tribe of Judah, the tribe that produced the dynasty of David (2:1-17). He traces the line of David first, then goes back to deal with a number of other important people in Judah and lists their descendants (18-55). On completing this, he returns to list the family of David (3:1-9), the descendants of David who reigned after... read more

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