HEZRON. 1. The eponymous head of a Reubenite family ( Genesis 46:9 , Exodus 6:14 , Numbers 26:6 = 1 Chronicles 5:3 ). 2. The eponymous head of a Judahite family ( Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:21 = Rth 4:18-19 , 1 Chronicles 2:5; 1Ch 2:9; 1 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Chronicles 2:21; 1 Chronicles 2:24-25; 1 Chronicles 4:1 ). This Hezron appears also in the NT in the genealogy of our Lord ( Matthew 1:3 , Luke 3:33 ). The gentilic name Hezronites occurs in Numbers 26:6 referring to the descendants of No. 1, and in Numbers 26:21 referring to those of No. 2 above. 3. A town in the south of Judah ( Joshua 15:3 ) = Hazar-addar of Numbers 34:4 .
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