King James Version
1 Chronicles 2:24 in the King James Version says “And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.”
1 Chronicles 2:24 · KJV
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
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.
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“was dead”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
“bare”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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