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1 Chronicles retells Israel's history from Adam to David, emphasizing the temple, worship, and the Davidic covenant for the returned exiles.

Author: Ezra (traditionally)Written: c. 450-400 BCReading time: ~5 minVerses: 43
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1 Chronicles 4

43 verses with commentary

Other Descendants of Judah

The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. Carmi: or, Chelubai Chap.2.9. or Caleb Chap.2.18.

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(1) **The sons of Judah.**—Pharez only of these five was literally a *son* of Judah, 1Chronicles 2:3-4. We have, however, seen that all these names, with the possible exception of Carmi, represent great tribal divisions or clans; and as such they are called sons of Judah. For Carmi it is proposed to read the more famous name of Chelubai (1Chronicles 2:9). This would give a line of direct descendan...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**17. king of Assyria sent Tartan--**general (Is 20:1). **Rab-saris--**chief of the eunuchs. **Rab-shakeh--**chief cupbearer. These were the great officers employed in delivering Sennacherib's insulting message to Hezekiah. On the walls of the palace of Sennacherib, at Khorsabad, certain figures have been identified with the officers of that sovereign mentioned in Scripture. In particular, the...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. Reaiah: or, Haroe Chap.2.52.

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(2-4) Branches and settlements of the Hurites. (2) **Reaiah **(*or* Jehoraah) **the son of Shobal** **. . .**—See 1Chronicles 2:52, which also calls Shobal “father of Kirjath-jearim.” 1Chronicles 2:53 adds that the Zorathites (Authorised Version, *Zareathites*) came of the clans of Kirjath-jearim. The present verse supplements the data of 1 Chronicles 2, by putting the clans of Zorah in immediate ...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**18. when they had called to the king--**Hezekiah did not make a personal appearance, but commissioned his three principal ministers to meet the Assyrian deputies at a conference outside the city walls. **Eliakim--**lately promoted to be master of the royal household (Is 22:20). **Shebna--**removed for his pride and presumption (Is 22:15) from that office, though still royal secretary. **Jo...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(3) **And these were of the father of Etam.**—Heb., *And these *(*were*)* the father of Etam.* Some MSS., the LXX., and the Vulg. read “and these (were) the sons of Etam;” other MSS., with the Syriac and Arabic versions, have “the sons of the father of Etam.” Both variants look like evasions of a difficulty. The unusual expression “and these—Abi-Etam” may be a brief way of stating that the clans w...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**19. Rab-shakeh said--**The insolent tone he assumed appears surprising. But this boasting [2Ki 18:19-25], both as to matter and manner, his highly colored picture of his master's powers and resources, and the impossibility of Hezekiah making any effective resistance, heightened by all the arguments and figures which an Oriental imagination could suggest, has been paralleled in all, except the bl...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(4) **And Penuel the father of Gedor.**—Penuel occurs as a trans-Jordan town in Judges 8:8, and elsewhere. Here a Judean town or clan is meant. **Gedor.**—See 1Chronicles 2:51, and Note; Joshua 15:58. Now the ruin called Jedur. **Ezer the father of Hushah.**—Ezer occurs as a name of clans and localities, as well as of persons. (Comp. Judges 7:24, Abi-ezri; 1Chronicles 8:2, Abi-ezer; and 1Samuel 4:...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

**FAMILIES THAT CAME OF ASH-HUR** (1Chronicles 4:5-7). (5) **And Ashur the father of Tekoa.**—See 1Chronicles 2:24, and Notes. If Ashur means the Hurites, the two wives, Helah and Naarah, may designate two settlements of this great clan. (6) **Hepher.**—A district of southern Judah, near Tappuach (Joshua 12:17; 1Kings 4:10). **Temeni** is a Gentilic name, formed from the word Têmân, “the south.” T...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar , and Ethnan.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(8) **Coz begat Anub.**—**Coz** (*thorn*) is unknown. **Anub.**—LXX., Ενωβ. Comp. Anâb, (Joshua 11:21; Joshua 15:50), a town in the hill-country near Debir (Kirjathsepher). The word appears to mean “grape-town” so that “Coz begat Anub” reminds us of Matthew 7:16. Comp. Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 7:23. **Zobebah.**—Heb., *ha-zobebah,* “she that goeth (*or* floweth) softly.” Perhaps so called from a neighbo...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. Jabez: that is, Sorrowful

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren</strong> (וַיְהִי יַעְבֵּץ נִכְבָּד מֵאֶחָיו)—יַעְבֵּץ (<em>Yabetz</em>) means 'he causes pain,' reflecting his mother's difficult labor. Yet despite an ominous name, Jabez achieved נִכְבָּד (<em>nikhbad</em>, 'honored,' 'weighty,' 'glorious'). His mother's naming him 'pain' could have defined his identity, but his prayer (v. 10) reveals fait...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(9) **More honourable** **than his** **brethren.**—Comp. what is said of Hamor son of Shechem in Genesis 34:19. **His brethren.**—Perhaps the sons of Coz. The form of the Hebrew verb implies connection with 1Chronicles 4:8. **His mother** **called his name . . .**—Comp. Genesis 29:32-35, and especially Genesis 35:18. **With sorrow.**—Rather, *pain.*

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. Oh: Heb. If thou wilt, etc keep: Heb. do me

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KJV Study Commentary

Jabez's prayer demonstrates bold faith: 'And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.' This prayer contains four petitions: blessing, enlargement (territory/influence), divine presence ...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(10) **Jabez called on the God of Israel.**—Comp. Jacob’s vow at Bethel, Genesis 28:20-22, and his altar, El-’elohë Israel, “El is the God of Israel,” Genesis 33:20. Some have supposed that the peculiar phrase, “God of Israel,” indicates that the original Canaanite population of Jabez proselytised. **Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed.**—Literally, *“if indeed thou wilt bless* me.” **My coast.*...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(11-12) A fragment relating to the “men of Rechah,” a name which occurs nowhere else, and for which Rechab appears a plausible correction. So the Vat., LXX. Ρηχάβ. Compare 1Chronicles 2:55, where the Sopherim of Jabez are called Rechabites, and see Notes on the passage. These Rechabites united with the Salmaite branch of Hurites; and Hur was a son of Caleb, 1Chronicles 2:19. Hence it is likely tha...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**27. that they may eat, &amp;c.--**This was designed to show the dreadful extremities to which, in the threatened siege, the people of Jerusalem would be reduced.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. Irnahash: or, the city of Nahash

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. Hathath: or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begat, etc

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. valley: or, inhabitants of the valley Charashim: that is, craftsmen Hathath: or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begat, etc

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. even Kenaz: or, Uknaz

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(15) **The sons of Caleb, son of Jephunneh.**—Caleb son of Jephunneh is called the Kenizzite, Joshua 14:6-14. He obtained “a part among the children of Judah” (Joshua 15:13), “because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel” (Joshua 14:14). If Caleb the Kenizzite and his clan were received among the Hezronite houses of Judah, this new division of the Hezronites would henceforth be known as ...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(16) **The sons of Jehaleleel.**—Heb., *Yehallel-ēl, *“he praiseth God.” **Ziph** is known, from Joshua 15:21; Joshua 15:24, as one of the cities of the children of Judah, “towards the border of Edom, southwards.” Perhaps, therefore, the sons of Jehallel-el also were Edomite-Kenizzites. Another Ziph, perhaps our Ziphah, is mentioned as in the hill-country, Joshua 15:55. **Asareel **is perhaps a di...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(17) **And the sons of Ezra.**—Heb., *son,* but some MSS. have *sons* (see Note on 1Chronicles 3:19; 1Chronicles 3:21). Ezra means *help =* Ezer, 1Chronicles 4:4. **Jether** occurred 1Chronicles 2:32, as a Jerahmeelite. **Epher** recurs 1Chronicles 5:24, as a Manassite name. **Jalon and Mered** occur nowhere else. **And she bare.**—Literally, *conceived. Who* bare the three sons, whose names follo...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. Jehudijah: or, the Jewess

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(18) **And his wife Jehudijah** [Margin is right, *the Jewess*] **bare Jered.**—It is obvious that a contrast with the sons of some non-Jewish wife is intended, and these latter ought already to have been mentioned. Clearly, therefore, the sentence “And these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took”—a sentence which is meaningless in its present position—must be restored...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. Hodiah: or, Jehudijah, mentioned before

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite</strong>—this complex verse navigates familial relationships within Judah. הוֹדִיָּה (<em>Hodiyah</em>) means 'majesty of Yahweh' or 'praise Yahweh,' while נַחַם (<em>Naham</em>) means 'comfort.' Keilah, a fortified town David later rescued (1 Samuel 23), demonstrates how genealogies preserved both family...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(19) **And the sons of his wife Hodiah.**—The existing Hebrew text says, *And the sons of Hodiah*’s *wife.* Hodiah recurs as a man’s name in Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:5; but a very slight change—the addition of three letters—in the Hebrew would give the sense: “And sons of his Jewish wife, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa,” &c. **Naham** is unknown. **Keilah*...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(20) **The Sons** **of Shimon.**—Nothing is said elsewhere of them, or of the sons of Ishi. Ishi (1Chronicles 2:31) is a Jerahmeelite name; but/as throughout tho section (1Chronicles 4:2-19) we have found indications that the ramifications of the house of Caleb are the principal subject, and as 1Chronicles 4:20 is appended to the rest, without any opposing remark, it, is highly probable that it al...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

**II.—SONS OF SHELAH, THIRD SON OF JUDAH,** 1Chronicles 4:21-23 (omitted by Syriac version). The Shelanite clans were not noticed in 1 Chronicles 2 (See Genesis 38:5 and 1Chronicles 2:3.) (21) **Er.**—This Er who founded Lecah is, of course, distinct from Er “the firstborn of Judah.” Lecah is unknown. Mareshah, a town in the lowlands of Judah, is connected with Caleb (1Chronicles 2:42). Such state...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(23) **These were the potters.**—Viz., the clans enumerated in 1Chronicles 4:22. **And those that dwelt among plants and hedges.**—Rather, *and inhabitants of Net aim and Gederah.* Netaim means “plantations” (Isaiah 17:10). Solomon had pleasure-gardens near Bethlehem. See also the notice of Uzziah’s farms and vineyards (2Chronicles 26:10). Gederah (Joshua 15:36), a town in the Shephelah. **There t...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 19 2Ki 19:1-5. Hezekiah in Deep Affliction. **1-3. when king Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes--**The rending of his clothes was a mode of expressing horror at the daring blasphemy--the assumption of sackcloth a sign of his mental distress--his entrance into the temple to pray the refuge of a pious man in affliction--and the forwarding an account of the Assyrian's speech to Isaiah...
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Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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The Descendants of Simeon

The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: Nemuel: or, Jemuel Jarib, Zerah: or, Jachin Zohar

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

**III.—THE TRIBE OF SIMEON: ITS CLANS, AND THEIR SETTLEMENTS AND CONQUESTS** (1Chronicles 4:24-43). (24) **The sons of Simeon.**—The Pentateuch contains three lists of sons of Simeon, viz., Genesis 46:10, Exodus 6:15, and Numbers 26:12. Genesis and Exodus name six sons; Numbers agrees with the Chronicles in naming five, the Ohad of Genesis and Exodus being omitted. In place of our Jarib Numbers ha...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 19 2Ki 19:1-5. Hezekiah in Deep Affliction. **1-3. when king Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes--**The rending of his clothes was a mode of expressing horror at the daring blasphemy--the assumption of sackcloth a sign of his mental distress--his entrance into the temple to pray the refuge of a pious man in affliction--and the forwarding an account of the Assyrian's speech to Isaiah...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 19 2Ki 19:1-5. Hezekiah in Deep Affliction. **1-3. when king Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes--**The rending of his clothes was a mode of expressing horror at the daring blasphemy--the assumption of sackcloth a sign of his mental distress--his entrance into the temple to pray the refuge of a pious man in affliction--and the forwarding an account of the Assyrian's speech to Isaiah...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**4. the living God--**"The living God" is a most significant expression taken in connection with the senseless deities that Rab-shakeh boasted were unable to resist his master's victorious arms. 2Ki 19:6, 7. Comforted by Isaiah.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. like: Heb. unto

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(27) **His brethren had not many children.**—His brethren, i.e., his fellow-tribesmen. The other Simeonite clans (Numbers 26:12), are meant. **Neither did all their family multiply.**—Rather, *nor did they multiply their whole clan.* The word clan (*mishpahath*) is here used in the wider sense of tribe. This remark is borne out by what we otherwise know of the tribe of Simeon. It was never histori...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

**II.—THE SEATS OF THE SIMEONITES UNTIL THE REIGN OF DAVID** (1Chronicles 4:28-33). This list is parallel to Joshua 19:2-8. There are some variations, partly accidental. (28) **Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual.**—Joshua 19:2 adds Sheba after Beer-sheba—an obviously mistaken repetition, making fourteen towns in all, whereas 1Chronicles 4:6 concludes, “thirteen cities and their villages.” Be...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**6. Isaiah said ... Be not afraid--**The prophet's answer was most cheering, as it held out the prospect of a speedy deliverance from the invader. The blast, the rumor, the fall by the sword, contained a brief prediction that was soon fulfilled in all the three particulars--namely, the alarm that hastened his retreat, the destruction that overtook his army, and the violent death that suddenly end...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, Bilhah: or, Balah Tolad: or, Eltolad

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<strong>And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad</strong>—these Simeonite towns in southern Judah's Negev reflect tribal settlement patterns. בִּלְהָה (<em>Bilhah</em>) shares the name of Rachel's handmaid (Genesis 29:29), עֶצֶם (<em>Etzem</em>) means 'bone' or 'strength,' and תּוֹלָד (<em>Tolad</em>) means 'generations' or 'birth.' The list continues from verse 28, enumerating Simeon's allotted c...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(29) Many of the places assigned to Simeon in this list are reckoned among the towns of the extreme south of Judah in Joshua 15:26, *et seq.* Bilhah, or Balah, is, perhaps, Baalah (Joshua 15:29); Ezem (Authorised Version, Azem) and Eltolad are also mentioned there. Their sites are unknown.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(30) **Bethuel.**—Called Chesil in Joshua 15:30; Joshua 19:4 has Bethûl, a contraction like Hamul for Hamuel (1Chronicles 4:26; comp. 1Chronicles 2:5). **Hormah.**—The ancient Zephath (Judges 1:17), now *Sepata.* **Ziklag.**—Now *Kasluj,* east of Sepata (Joshua 15:30-31; 1Samuel 27:6).

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**8. So Rab-shakeh ... found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah--**Whether Lachish had fallen or not, is not said. But Sennacherib had transferred his battering-rams against the apparently neighboring fortress of Libnah (Jos 10:29; compare Jos 10:31; 15:42), where the chief-cup-bearer reported the execution of his mission.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. Hazarsusim: or, Hazarsusah

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(31) **Beth-marcaboth** = “house of chariots.” **Hazar - susim** = “village of horses;” for which Hazarsusah is an equivalent (*susah* being used as a collective word). **Beth-birei.**—Probably a corrupt writing of Beth-lebaoth, “house of lionesses” (Joshua 19:6), for which Joshua 15:32 has the contraction Lebaoth. There were lions in the wilds of Judah (1Samuel 17:34). (Comp. Judges 14:5; 1Kings ...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**9-13. when he heard say of Tirhakah ..., Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, &amp;c.--**This was the "rumor" to which Isaiah referred [2Ki 19:7]. Tirhakah reigned in Upper Egypt, while So (or Sabaco) ruled in Lower Egypt. He was a powerful monarch, another Sesostris, and both he and Sabaco have left many monuments of their greatness. The name and figure of Tirhakah receiving war captiv...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: Etam: or, Ether

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(32) **And their villages.**—This belongs to 1Chronicles 4:31. The verb should be cancelled. **Etam, and Ain, Rimmon** **. . .**—Why are these five cities separated from the former thirteen? The old Jewish expositors Rashi and Kimchi assert, that whereas the thirteen were lost to the Simeonites from the time of David, these five remained in their possession. The separation is made in Joshua 19 as ...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**9-13. when he heard say of Tirhakah ..., Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, &amp;c.--**This was the "rumor" to which Isaiah referred [2Ki 19:7]. Tirhakah reigned in Upper Egypt, while So (or Sabaco) ruled in Lower Egypt. He was a powerful monarch, another Sesostris, and both he and Sabaco have left many monuments of their greatness. The name and figure of Tirhakah receiving war captiv...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. Baal: or, Baalathbeer their genealogy: or, as they divided themselves by nations among them

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(33) **Unto Baal.**—Called in Joshua 19:8 Baalathbeer (“lady of the well”). The same passage adds what appears to be the name of this group of villages, viz., Ramath-negeb, or Ramah of the southland. (Comp. 1Samuel 30:27.) **These** (Heb., *this*) **were their habitations.**—A conclusion of the list of towns of Simeon. **And their genealogy.**—Heb., *and they had their own registration* (or, *enro...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**9-13. when he heard say of Tirhakah ..., Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, &amp;c.--**This was the "rumor" to which Isaiah referred [2Ki 19:7]. Tirhakah reigned in Upper Egypt, while So (or Sabaco) ruled in Lower Egypt. He was a powerful monarch, another Sesostris, and both he and Sabaco have left many monuments of their greatness. The name and figure of Tirhakah receiving war captiv...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

**III.—EMIGRATION OF THE SIMEONITES: THEIR CONQUESTS** (1Chronicles 4:34-43). (34-37) The thirteen princes (emirs) of Simeon who headed the expedition of their tribe in the age of Hezekiah (fl. 710 B.C.). None of them are otherwise known.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**9-13. when he heard say of Tirhakah ..., Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, &amp;c.--**This was the "rumor" to which Isaiah referred [2Ki 19:7]. Tirhakah reigned in Upper Egypt, while So (or Sabaco) ruled in Lower Egypt. He was a powerful monarch, another Sesostris, and both he and Sabaco have left many monuments of their greatness. The name and figure of Tirhakah receiving war captiv...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**9-13. when he heard say of Tirhakah ..., Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, &amp;c.--**This was the "rumor" to which Isaiah referred [2Ki 19:7]. Tirhakah reigned in Upper Egypt, while So (or Sabaco) ruled in Lower Egypt. He was a powerful monarch, another Sesostris, and both he and Sabaco have left many monuments of their greatness. The name and figure of Tirhakah receiving war captiv...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(36) **Jaakobah.**—Literally, *to Jacob;* a patronymic derived from Jacob, like the English Jacobs.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**14-19. Hezekiah received the letter ... and went up into the house of the Lord--**Hezekiah, after reading it, hastened into the temple, spread it in the childlike confidence of faith before the Lord, as containing taunts deeply affecting the divine honor, and implored deliverance from this proud defier of God and man. The devout spirit of this prayer, the recognition of the Divine Being in the p...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**14-19. Hezekiah received the letter ... and went up into the house of the Lord--**Hezekiah, after reading it, hastened into the temple, spread it in the childlike confidence of faith before the Lord, as containing taunts deeply affecting the divine honor, and implored deliverance from this proud defier of God and man. The devout spirit of this prayer, the recognition of the Divine Being in the p...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. mentioned: Heb. coming

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(38) **These mentioned by their names.**—Literally, *these who have come *(*forward*)* with names,* that is, have been adduced by name. **Were princes in their families.**—*Ameers* or *chieftains in their clans.* **And the house of their fathers increased.**—*And their father-houses had spread greatly.* Finding their territory too strait for them under these conditions, and probably also because o...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**14-19. Hezekiah received the letter ... and went up into the house of the Lord--**Hezekiah, after reading it, hastened into the temple, spread it in the childlike confidence of faith before the Lord, as containing taunts deeply affecting the divine honor, and implored deliverance from this proud defier of God and man. The devout spirit of this prayer, the recognition of the Divine Being in the p...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

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<strong>And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks</strong>—this describes Simeonite expansion seeking גְּדוֹר (<em>Gedor</em>, location debated), illustrating tribal movements pursuing resources. The phrase 'seek pasture' (לְבַקֵּשׁ מִרְעֶה, <em>levakesh mireh</em>) describes nomadic-pastoral economy's demands—tribes needed exte...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**14-19. Hezekiah received the letter ... and went up into the house of the Lord--**Hezekiah, after reading it, hastened into the temple, spread it in the childlike confidence of faith before the Lord, as containing taunts deeply affecting the divine honor, and implored deliverance from this proud defier of God and man. The devout spirit of this prayer, the recognition of the Divine Being in the p...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide , and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(40) **And they found fat pasture and good.**—If Gerar was the right reading in 1Chronicles 4:39, we might compare Genesis 26:17 *seq.* **And the land was wide.**—Genesis 34:21. Literally, *broad of both hands*—*i.e.,* on both sides. An open plain is meant. **And quiet and peaceable.**—Like Laish, which the Danites took by surprise (Judges 18:7; Judges 18:28). **They of Ham had dwelt there of old....
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**14-19. Hezekiah received the letter ... and went up into the house of the Lord--**Hezekiah, after reading it, hastened into the temple, spread it in the childlike confidence of faith before the Lord, as containing taunts deeply affecting the divine honor, and implored deliverance from this proud defier of God and man. The devout spirit of this prayer, the recognition of the Divine Being in the p...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(41) **These who were written by name.**—The Ameers enumerated in 1Chronicles 4:34-37. **Smote their tents.**—These Hamites, like the men of Laish, were nomades. **And the habitations that were found there.**—Heb. text, *the wells:* Heb. marg., *the Maonites,* in Hebrew a very similar word. LXX., τοὺς *Mivaíovs,* the Maonites or Minacans. The text may be compared with the Syriac, which reads, “And...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**14-19. Hezekiah received the letter ... and went up into the house of the Lord--**Hezekiah, after reading it, hastened into the temple, spread it in the childlike confidence of faith before the Lord, as containing taunts deeply affecting the divine honor, and implored deliverance from this proud defier of God and man. The devout spirit of this prayer, the recognition of the Divine Being in the p...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(42) **Went.**—Or, *had gone* (marched). The time of this expedition to mount Seir is not expressed; but for that very reason it is likely to have been nearly contemporaneous with the events just described. The band of five hundred would seem to have belonged to the clans which had already smitten the Hamites. Neither Ishi (*Yish’i*) nor his sons are otherwise known. If a totally different expedit...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**20. Then Isaiah ... sent--**A revelation having been made to Isaiah, the prophet announced to the king that his prayer was heard. The prophetic message consisted of three different portions:--First, Sennacherib is apostrophized (2Ki 19:21-28) in a highly poetical strain, admirably descriptive of the turgid vanity, haughty pretensions, and presumptuous impiety of the Assyrian despot. Secondly, He...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Judah's expansion and conquest section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>נַחֲלָה (nachalah) - inheritance</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 theological...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(43) **The rest of the Amalekites that were escaped.**—Literally, *the remnant of the survivors *(*pelêtâh,* an abstract collective word) *belonging to Amalek.* These Amalekites are usually supposed to have been some who had taken refuge in Seir from Saul and David’s exterminating wars (1Samuel 14:48; 1Samuel 15:7; 2Samuel 8:12. Comp. 1Chronicles 1:36, where Amalek appears as a partly Edomite stoc...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 4 Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pra...
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