King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 2:7 Mean?
“And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. Achar: or, Achan”
Context
5
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6
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
7
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. Achar: or, Achan
8
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9
The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. Ram: Gr. Aram Chelubai: or, Caleb
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(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 such phrases literally in all instances.
**Achar . . . troubler of Israel.**—There is a play on the man’s name in the Hebrew, which is, “*Achar ’ocher Yisrael.”* So in Joshua 7:25 Joshua asks, “Why hast thou troubled us?” (*‘achartânu*)*,* and in 1Chronicles 2:26 the place of Achar’s doom is called “the valley of Achor” (trouble). Probably Achan is an old error for Achar.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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