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1 Chronicles 2
55 verses with commentary
The Sons of Israel
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, Israel: or, Jacob
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(1, 2) **The sons of Israel.**—The list is apparently taken from Genesis 35:23-26, where the heading is, “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.” The chronicler omits the mothers, and puts Dan before instead of after Joseph and Benjamin, as if to hint that Dan was considered Rachel’s elder son. (See Genesis 30:6.) In the list at Genesis 46:9-23, Gad and Asher follow Zebulun, and Dan follows Joseph and...
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CHAPTER 16
2Ki 16:1-16. Ahaz' Wicked Reign over Judah.
**1-4. Ahaz ... did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord--**[See on 2Ch 28:1.] The character of this king's reign, the voluptuousness and religious degeneracy of all classes of the people, are graphically portrayed in the writings of Isaiah, who prophesied at that period. The great increase of worldly wealth and luxury in the ...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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CHAPTER 16
2Ki 16:1-16. Ahaz' Wicked Reign over Judah.
**1-4. Ahaz ... did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord--**[See on 2Ch 28:1.] The character of this king's reign, the voluptuousness and religious degeneracy of all classes of the people, are graphically portrayed in the writings of Isaiah, who prophesied at that period. The great increase of worldly wealth and luxury in the ...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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THE FIVE SONS OF JUDAH, FROM Genesis 38.
(3) **The daughter of Shua the Canaanitess.**—Shua was the father of Judah’s wife.
**Er, the firstborn of Judah, was** (*became, proved*) **evil.**—Word for word from Genesis 38:7. Suppressing other details relating to the sons of Judah, the chronicler copies this statement intact from Genesis, because it thoroughly harmonises with the moral he wishes to be...
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CHAPTER 16
2Ki 16:1-16. Ahaz' Wicked Reign over Judah.
**1-4. Ahaz ... did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord--**[See on 2Ch 28:1.] The character of this king's reign, the voluptuousness and religious degeneracy of all classes of the people, are graphically portrayed in the writings of Isaiah, who prophesied at that period. The great increase of worldly wealth and luxury in the ...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(4) **Tamar.**—Wife of Er. The story of her incest with Judah, the fruit of which was the twins Pharez (Heb., *Perez*) and Zerah (called Zarah, Genesis 38:30; and Zara, Matthew 1:3), is told in Genesis 38:8-30.
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CHAPTER 16
2Ki 16:1-16. Ahaz' Wicked Reign over Judah.
**1-4. Ahaz ... did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord--**[See on 2Ch 28:1.] The character of this king's reign, the voluptuousness and religious degeneracy of all classes of the people, are graphically portrayed in the writings of Isaiah, who prophesied at that period. The great increase of worldly wealth and luxury in the ...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(5) **The sons of Pharez.**—From Gen. xlvi 12, which also names the five sons of Judah. Numbers 26:21 mentions the clans (*mishpahath*) of the Hezronites and Hamulites, as registered in a census held by Moses.
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**5. Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem--**Notwithstanding their great efforts and military preparations, they failed to take it and, being disappointed, raised the siege and returned home (compare Is 7:1).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. Zimri: or, Zabdi Dara: or, Darda
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(6-8) **The sons of Zerah.**—From this point our narrative ceases to depend entirely upon the data of Genesis.
(6) **Zimri.**—This name is probably a merely accidental variant of Zabdi. Both are genuine Hebrew names occurring elsewhere. But the fact that Zimri here, and Zabdi at Joshua 7:1, are both called sons of Zerah, seems to prove their identity; especially as m is often confused with *b*, an...
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**6. Rezin ... recovered Elath--**which Azariah had got into his possession (2Ki 14:22).
**the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day--**The Septuagint version has "the Edomites," which the most judicious commentators and travellers [Robinson] prefer.
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. Achar: or, Achan
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(7) **The sons of Carmi.**—See Note on 1Chronicles 1:41.**
Achar, the troubler of Israel.**—See Joshua 7:1, where the man is called “Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.” The family of Carmi, therefore, were Zarhites. Joshua 7:24 calls him “Achan, the son of Zerah,” an expression which shows, if other proof were wanting, that we must be cautious of interpreting s...
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**7-9. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser--**In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs, the one immediate, the other remote (Is 7:14; 8:4), that the confederate kings would not prevail against him, Ahaz sought aid from the Assyrian monarch, to purchase which he sent the treasures of the palace and temple. Tiglath-pileser marched against Damascus, slew Rezin the king, and c...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
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<strong>And the sons of Ethan; Azariah</strong>—this brief notice identifies Azariah (עֲזַרְיָה, 'Yahweh has helped') as descended from Zerah's son Ethan. This is likely Ethan the Ezrahite, the wise man Solomon surpassed (1 Kings 4:31), credited with Psalm 89. Ethan's wisdom represented pre-Davidic Israel's intellectual heritage, yet Solomon's God-given wisdom exceeded all predecessors.<br><br>The...
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(8) **The sons of Ethan.**—Nothing is known of this Ethanite Azariah. It seems plain that the writer wished to name only the historically famous members of the Zarhite branch of Judah—in 1Chronicles 2:6, the four proverbial sages; in 1Chronicles 2:7, Achar who brought woe upon Israel by taking of the devoted spoils of Jericho.
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**7-9. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser--**In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs, the one immediate, the other remote (Is 7:14; 8:4), that the confederate kings would not prevail against him, Ahaz sought aid from the Assyrian monarch, to purchase which he sent the treasures of the palace and temple. Tiglath-pileser marched against Damascus, slew Rezin the king, and c...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. Ram: Gr. Aram Chelubai: or, Caleb
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(9-41) The Hezronites, who were sons of Pharez (1Chronicles 2:5), and their three lines of descent, Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
(9) **Jerahmeel.**—*Godpitieth.*
**Ram.**—Called *Aram* in our Lord’s genealogy (Matthew 1) The two names are synonyms, both meaning *high,* and are used interchangeably in Job 32:2 (Ram) and Genesis 22:21 (Aram).
**Chelubai.**—Strictly, *the Chelubite* or *Calebite,* a...
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**7-9. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser--**In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs, the one immediate, the other remote (Is 7:14; 8:4), that the confederate kings would not prevail against him, Ahaz sought aid from the Assyrian monarch, to purchase which he sent the treasures of the palace and temple. Tiglath-pileser marched against Damascus, slew Rezin the king, and c...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**I.—(**10-17) The descent of David from Amminadab, of the house of Ram. The royal line naturally takes precedence of the other two. Ruth 4:18-22 gives this line from Pharez to David. (Compare the genealogies of Christ, Matthew 1 and Luke 3) Nahshon is called chief of Judah in Num. ii 3 (comp. 1Chronicles 1:7; 1Chronicles 7:12), at the time of the Exodus.
(11) **Salma.**—So in Ruth 4:20; but in 1C...
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**10-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--**This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**10-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--**This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**10-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--**This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Shimma: or, Shammah
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**10-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--**This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**10-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--**This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**10-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--**This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**10-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--**This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**17. cut off the borders of the bases, &c.--**It is thought that he did this to use the elaborate sculpture in adorning his palace.
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →The Descendants of Hezron
And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
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<strong>Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth</strong>—this Caleb differs from the faithful spy (Numbers 13-14); this is Caleb ben Hezron of Judah's early generations. The Hebrew עֲזוּבָה (<em>Azubah</em>) means 'forsaken,' a poignant name perhaps reflecting circumstances of her birth. יְרִיעוֹת (<em>Jerioth</em>) means 'tent curtains,' possibly indicating Bedou...
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(18) **And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife.**—The Heb. text, as it stands, does not say this. The *primâ facie* rendering is, “And Caleb son of Hezron begat Azubah a woman, and Jerioth: and these (are) her sons; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.” But 1Chronicles 2:19 continues: “And Azubah died, and Caleb took to himself (as wife) Ephrath,” which of course suggests that Azub...
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**18. the covert for the Sabbath--**the portico through which the priests entered the temple on the Sabbath.
**the king's entry without--**a private external entrance for the king into the temple. The change made by Ahaz consisted in removing both of these into the temple from fear of the king of Assyria, that, in case of a siege, he might secure the entrance of the temple from him.
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(19) **Ephrath.**—In 1Chronicles 2:50 Ephratah; so also 4:4. The town of Bethlehem was so called (Micah 5:1).
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--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(20) **Hur begat Uri . . . Bezaleel.**—See Exodus 31:2, which states that: “ Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,” was divinely qualified for building the Tent of Meeting. Bezaleel is no doubt a person, but Hur is probably a Calebite clan, established at “Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem” (Genesis 35:19).
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Read full commentary →And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. married: Heb. took
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(21-24) This short section, concerning other Hezronites than those of the house of Caleb, is a parenthesis relating to a Hezronite element in Manassite Gilead.
(21) **And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir.**—This appears to mean, after the birth of the three sons mentioned in 1Chronicles 2:9.
**Machir.**—The firstborn of Manasseh (Genesis 1:23), to whom Moses gave the land of Gile...
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Read full commentary →And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(22) **And Segub begat Jair** **. . .**—The Havothjair (tent-villages of Jair) are several times mentioned in the Pentateuch. In the passage Numbers 32:39-42 it is related—(1) That the Manassite clan of the sons of Machir took Gilead from the Amorites; (2) That Moses then formally assigned Giiead “to Machir son of Manasseh,” and the clan accordingly settled there; (3) That Jair son of Manasseh had...
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CHAPTER 17
2Ki 17:1-6. Hoshea's Wicked Reign.
**1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, began Hoshea ... to reign--**The statement in 2Ki 15:30 may be reconciled with the present passage in the following manner: Hoshea conspired against Pekah in the twentieth year of the latter, which was the eighteenth of Jotham's reign. It was two years before Hoshea was acknowledged king of Israel, th...
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Read full commentary →And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(23) **And he took . . . of Gilead.**—Rather, *And* *Geshur and Aram took the Havoth-jair from them*—*Kenath and her daughters, sixty cities: all these *(*were*)* sons of Machir, chief of Gilead.*
**Geshur, and Aram.**—That is, the Aramean state of Geshur, north-west of Bashan, near Hermon and the Jordan, which was an independent kingdom in the age of David (2Samuel 3:3). The Geshurites “took the ...
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**2. he did evil ... but not as the kings of Israel--**Unlike his predecessors from the time of Jeroboam, he neither established the rites of Baal, nor compelled the people to adhere to the symbolic worship of the calves. [See on 2Ch 30:1.] In these respects, Hoshea acted as became a constitutional king of Israel. Yet, through the influence of the nineteen princes who had swayed the scepter before...
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Read full commentary →And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(24) **And after that Hezron was dead** **. . .**—Or, “And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephratah—and the wife of Hezron was Abiah—and she bare him Ashur . . .” The text is evidently corrupt. The best suggestion is based on the reading of the LXX.: καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν Εσερων ἦλθεν Χαλεβ εἰς Εφραθα; “And after Hezron’s death Caleb went to Ephrath.” Some very slight changes in the Hebrew, aff...
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**3. Against him came up Shalmaneser--**or Shalman (Ho 10:14), the same as the Sargon of Isaiah [Is 20:1]. Very recently the name of this Assyrian king has been traced on the Ninevite monuments, as concerned in an expedition against a king of Samaria, whose name, though mutilated, Colonel Rawlinson reads as Hoshea.
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Read full commentary →And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(25) **Ram the firstborn.**—Not the same as the Ram, brother of Jerahmeel, of 1Chronicles 2:9. (See Note at end of section.)
**And Ahijah.**—This is probably a mistake, as the conjunction is wanting in the Hebrew. The LXX. has, “his brother” the Hebrew for which might easily be misread Ahijah. So the Syriac and Arabic read, “and Ozem their sister.” But the statement of 1Chronicles 2:26, “Jerahmeel...
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**4. found conspiracy in Hoshea--**After having paid tribute for several years, Hoshea, determined on throwing off the Assyrian yoke, withheld the stipulated tribute. Shalmaneser, incensed at this rebellion, proclaimed war against Israel. This was in the sixth year of Hoshea's reign.
**he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt--**the Sabaco of the classic historians, a famous Ethiopian who, fo...
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Read full commentary →Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(26) **Atarah.**—The word means *corona,* here and in 1Chronicles 2:54; probably, the ring-fence or fortifications round a city. So στέφανος was used in Greek (Pindar, *Olymp. viii.* 42, of the wall of Troy). The plural Ataroth occurs as the name of a town in Numbers 32:3; Joshua 16:5.
**The mother of Onam.**—See 1Chronicles 2:28-34 for the ramifications of this clan.
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Read full commentary →And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**6. carried Israel away--**that is, the remaining tribes (see on 2Ki 15:29).
**and placed them, &c.--**This passage Gesenius renders thus, omitting the particle by, which is printed in italics to show it is not in the original: "and placed them in Halah, and on the Chabor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes."
**Halah--**the same as Calah (Ge 10:11, 12), in the region of the ...
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Read full commentary →And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
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<strong>And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada</strong>—these Jerahmeelite clans descended from Judah's firstborn line. שַׁמַּי (<em>Shammai</em>) means 'desolate' or possibly 'renowned,' while יָדָע (<em>Yada</em>) derives from 'to know.' The Jerahmeelites occupied southern Judah's wilderness regions, maintaining tribal identity distinct from main Judahite settlements.<br><br>Nadab, Shammai...
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**7. For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned--**There is here given a very full and impressive vindication of the divine procedure in punishing His highly privileged, but rebellious and apostate, people. No wonder that amid so gross a perversion of the worship of the true God, and the national propensity to do reverence to idols, the divine patience was exhausted; and that the God wh...
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Read full commentary →And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Read full commentary →And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(30) **Seled died without children.**—That is, the clan *Seled* did not multiply, and subdivide into new groups. (Comp. 1Chronicles 2:32.)
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Read full commentary →And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(31) **The children of Sheshan; Ahlai.**—See Note on 1Chronicles 1:41, “Dishon.” Ahlai is the name of a clan, not of an individual. Others would explain such phrases by assuming that “sons of so-and-so” is a conventional expression, used even where only one person has to be registered; or that the chronicler has in such cases abbreviated the contents of his source, by omitting all the names but on...
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Read full commentary →And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Read full commentary →And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(33) **These were the sons of Jerahmeel.**—Subscription of the list contained in 1Chronicles 2:25-33. It is noteworthy that the total of the names from Judah to Zaza again amounts to about seventy. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 1; see also Genesis 46:27.)
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Read full commentary →Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(34) **Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.**—Comp. 1Chronicles 2:31 above, “And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.” Those who insist upon a literal understanding of these lists reconcile the two statements by making Ahlai a daughter; others suppose that the chronicler has preserved for us in the present section fragments of at least two independent accounts.
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Read full commentary →And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(35-41) The line of Sheshan-Jarha is pursued for thirteen generations of direct descent, but nothing is known of any of its members from any other source. Elishama, the last name (1Chronicles 2:41), is the twenty-fourth generation specified from Judah. The list thus extends over a period of at least 720 years; and if we reckon from the Exodus (circ. 1330 B.C.), we get B.C. 610 as an approximate da...
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Read full commentary →And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Read full commentary →And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
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<strong>And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah</strong>—this genealogical fragment traces Judahite lineage through names rich with theological meaning. עוֹבֵד (<em>Obed</em>) means 'servant' or 'worshiper,' יֵהוּא (<em>Yehu</em>) means 'Yahweh is He,' and עֲזַרְיָה (<em>Azaryah</em>) means 'Yahweh has helped.' These theophoric names (containing God's name) demonstrate covenant consciousness p...
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Read full commentary →And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
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Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(42-55) These verses revert to the Calebite stocks. Interpreted as merely bearing upon the extraction of individuals about whom, for the most part, nothing whatever is known beyond what these brief notices reveal, the section presents great difficulties. The key to it appears to be the assumption that it is an ancient record of the relations between certain great branches of the tribe of Judah, an...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**24-28. the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, etc.--**This was not Shalmaneser, but Esar-haddon (Eze 4:2). The places vacated by the captive Israelites he ordered to be occupied by several colonies of his own subjects from Babylon and other provinces.
**from Cuthah--**the Chaldee form of Cush or Susiana, now Khusistan.
**Ava--**supposed to be Ahivaz, situated on the river Karuns, whic...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**II.—**1Chronicles 2:46-49 : The sons of Ephah and Maachah, two concubines of Caleb.
(46) **Ephah, Caleb’s concubine** **. . .**—These sons of concubines appear to represent mixed populations or tribal groups considered to be of less pure descent than the chief houses of Caleb. The same title of inferiority might cover a relation of dependence, something like that of the clients of the great Roma...
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**24-28. the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, etc.--**This was not Shalmaneser, but Esar-haddon (Eze 4:2). The places vacated by the captive Israelites he ordered to be occupied by several colonies of his own subjects from Babylon and other provinces.
**from Cuthah--**the Chaldee form of Cush or Susiana, now Khusistan.
**Ava--**supposed to be Ahivaz, situated on the river Karuns, whic...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
Read full commentary →Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**24-28. the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, etc.--**This was not Shalmaneser, but Esar-haddon (Eze 4:2). The places vacated by the captive Israelites he ordered to be occupied by several colonies of his own subjects from Babylon and other provinces.
**from Cuthah--**the Chaldee form of Cush or Susiana, now Khusistan.
**Ava--**supposed to be Ahivaz, situated on the river Karuns, whic...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
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<strong>Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah</strong>—מַעֲכָה (<em>Maacah</em>) was a common name meaning 'oppression' or 'pressure,' shared by multiple biblical women including David's wife. As פִּילֶגֶשׁ (<em>pilegesh</em>, 'concubine'), Maachah held secondary wife status—legitimate but without full wife privileges. Sheber (שֶׁבֶר, 'fracture' or 'breach') and Tirhanah (תִּרְחֲנָ...
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**24-28. the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, etc.--**This was not Shalmaneser, but Esar-haddon (Eze 4:2). The places vacated by the captive Israelites he ordered to be occupied by several colonies of his own subjects from Babylon and other provinces.
**from Cuthah--**the Chaldee form of Cush or Susiana, now Khusistan.
**Ava--**supposed to be Ahivaz, situated on the river Karuns, whic...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**24-28. the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, etc.--**This was not Shalmaneser, but Esar-haddon (Eze 4:2). The places vacated by the captive Israelites he ordered to be occupied by several colonies of his own subjects from Babylon and other provinces.
**from Cuthah--**the Chaldee form of Cush or Susiana, now Khusistan.
**Ava--**supposed to be Ahivaz, situated on the river Karuns, whic...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**III.—**1Chronicles 2:50-55 : A third register of Calebite clans and settlements.
(50) **The sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah.**—See 1Chronicles 2:19-20 and Notes. The statement “These were the sons of Caleb” should be connected with 1Chronicles 2:49, as a subscription or concluding remark to the list, 1Chronicles 2:42-49. (Comp. 1Chronicles 2:33.) A fresh start is then mad...
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**29. Howbeit every nation made gods of their own--**These Assyrian colonists, however, though instructed in the worship, and acknowledging the being of the God of Israel, did not suppose Him to be the only God. Like other heathens, they combined His worship with that of their own gods; and as they formed a promiscuous society from different nations or provinces, a variety of idols was acknowledge...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**30. Succoth-benoth--**that is, the "tents" or "booths of the daughters," similar to those in which the Babylonian damsels celebrated impure rites (Am 2:8).
**Nergal--**The Jewish writers say this idol was in the form of a cock, and it is certain that a cock is often associated with a priest on the Assyrian monuments [Layard]. But modern critics, looking to the astrological character of Assyria...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. Haroeh: or, Reaiah half: or, half of the Menuchites, or, Hatsihammenuchoth
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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**31. Nibhaz--**under that of a dog--that Egyptian form of animal-worship having prevailed in ancient Syria, as is evident from the image of a large dog at the mouth of the Nahr-el-Kelb, or Dog river.
**Tartak--**According to the rabbis, it was in the form of an ass, but others understand it as a planet of ill-omen, probably Saturn.
**Adrammelech--**supposed by some to be the same as Molech, a...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. Ataroth: or, Atarites, or, crowns of the house of Joab
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
Read full commentary →And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's lineage and David's royal line section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) - praise</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
Read full commentary →Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**34. Unto this day--**the time of the Babylonian exile, when this book was composed. Their religion was a strange medley or compound of the service of God and the service of idols. Such was the first settlement of the people, afterwards called Samaritans, who were sent from Assyria to colonize the land, when the kingdom of Israel, after having continued three hundred fifty-six years, was overthro...
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Chapter 2
Genealogies.
--We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peac...
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