King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 2:52 Mean?
“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”
Context
50
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,
51
Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
52
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
53
And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
54
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
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**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, and in Assyrian mythology to stand for the sun. It was worshipped in the form of a mule--others maintain in that of a peacock.
**Anammelech--**worshipped in the form of a hare; others say in that of a goat.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
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