1 The sons of Israel.
3 The posterity of Judah by Tamar.
13 The children of Jesse.
18 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron.
21 Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir.
25 Jerahmeel's posterity.
34 Sheshan's posterity.
42 Another branch of Caleb's posterity.
50 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur.

A.M. 2252, etc. B.C. 1752, etc. Israel. or, Jacob. Ge 32:28 49:2

Reuben. Ge 29:32-35 30:5-24 35:18,22-26 46:8-27 49:4-28 Ex 1:2-4 Nu 1:5-15 13:4-15 26:5-65 Re 7:5-8

2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Dan. Ge 30:6

Joseph. Ge 30:24

Benjamin. Ge 35:18

Naphtali. Ge 30:8

Gad. Ge 30:11

Asher. Ge 30:13 35:26 46:17 49:20 Nu 1:40,41 De 33:24 Jos 19:24-31

3 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.

Er, and. 9:5 Ge 38:2-10 46:12 Nu 26:19

4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

Tamar. Ge 38:13-30 Ru 4:12 Mt 1:3

Thamar.
Pharez. 9:4 Nu 26:21 Ru 4:18 Ne 11:4

Perez. Mt 1:3 Lu 3:33

Phares.
Zerah. 9:6 Nu 26:13,20 Ne 11:24 Mt 1:3

Zara.

5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

Hezron. Ge 46:12 Nu 26:21 Ru 4:18 Mt 1:3 Lu 3:33

Esrom.

6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

Zimri. i.e., snug; my song; my field Nu 25:14 1Ki 16:9,10,12,15,16,18,20 2Ki 9:31 1Ch 2:6 8:36 9:42 Jer 25:25

(1) Captain of Elah king of Israel, whom he slew and succeeded, B.C. 930, 1 Ki 16:9, 10.

(2) Captain of the Simeonites, Nu 25:14.

(3) Descendant of Judah by Tamar. 1Ch 2:4

(4) Of the stock of Saul, 1 Ch 8:36; 9:42.

(5) A son of Zerah, the son of Judah, 1 Ch 2:6, called Zabdi in Jos 7:1, 17, 18. Zabdi is apparently here called Zimri, in consequence of a {baith} being mistaken for a {mem,} and a {daleth} for a {raish}.

Jos 7:1,17,18

Zabdi.

(6) A name applied to a tribe and supposed to refer to people in Eastern Arabia, Jer 25:25.

Ethan. i.e., perennial, constant; ancient 1 Ch 2:6 1Ch 2:8 6:42,44 15:17,19 1Ki 4:31 Ps 89:1 *title

(1) An Israelite known for his wisdom, an Ezrahite, to whom Psalm 89 is attributed in its title, 1 Ki 4:31.

(2) A son of Zerah, the son of Judah, 1 Ch 2:6, 8.

(3) A descendant of Gershon, the son of Levi, 1 Ch 6:42.

(4) A descendant of Merari, the son of Levi, 1 Ch 6:44, 15:19.

Heman. i.e., faithful 1 Ch 2:6; 15:17, 19; 1 Ki 4:31. 1Ch 6:33 16:41,42 25:1,4,5,6 2Ch 5:12 29:14 35:15 Ps 88:1 *title

(1) A wise man who flourished before Solomon, 1 Ki 4:31; 1 Ch 2:6.

(2) A Levite of the Kohathites, a leader of David's choir, 1 Ch 15:17; 16:41, 42; Ps 88:1.

See also Homam. 1Ch 1:39

Calcol. i.e., sustenance; comprehended 1 Ki 4:31.

Dara. i.e., pearl of wisdom Darda is here called Dara, by the elision of a {daleth.}

Darda.

7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

Carmi. 4:1

Achar. Achan is probably called Achar, from the trouble he occasioned.

Jos 7:1-5

Achan.
accursed. De 7:26 13:17 Jos 6:18 7:11-15,25 22:20

8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

Ethan. 6

Azariah. 6:36

9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

Jerahmeel. 25-33

Ram. Ru 4:19 Mt 1:3 Lu 3:3

Aram.
Chelubai. 18,19,24,42

Caleb.

10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

Amminadab. Ru 4:19,20 Mt 1:4 Lu 3:33

Aminadab.
Nahshon. Nu 1:7 2:3 7:12,17 10:14 Ru 4:20 Mt 1:4 Lu 3:32

Nassoon.

11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

Salma. Ru 4:21 Mt 1:4,5 Lu 3:32

Salmon, Booz.

12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

Jesse. 10:14 Ru 4:22 1Sa 16:1 Isa 11:1,10 Mt 1:5 Lu 3:32 Ac 13:22 Ro 15:12

13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

his first-born. 1Sa 16:6-13 17:13,28

Eliab. 27:18

Elihu.
Shimma. 20:7

Shimea. 1Sa 16:9

Shammah.

14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

David. It appears from the parallel places of Samuel, that Jesse had eight sons, of whom David was the eighth and youngest; but one may have died before David came to the throne.

1Sa 16:10,11 17:12-14

16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

the sons of. 1Sa 26:6 2Sa 2:18-23 3:39 16:9-11 19:22

17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

Amasa. 2Sa 17:25 19:13 20:4-12 1Ki 2:5,32

Jether. Jether is essentially the same with Ithra, the latter only having the addition of an {aleph,} and it is probable, that he was an Ishmaelite by birth but an Israelite by religion. 2 Sa 17:25.

Ithra an Israelite.

Ishmeelite., a descendant of Ishmael.

18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

A.M. 2534, etc. B.C. 1470, etc. Caleb. Caleb, is the same as Chelubai, the latter simply having a {wav} inserted, and a {yood} affixed. This person must have lived some time before Israel left Egypt; for Bezaleel, the principal person employed in constructing the tabernacle, was his grandson.

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Chelubai. 42

19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

Ephrath. 24,50 4:4 Mic 5:2

Ephratah.

20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

Bezaleel. Ex 31:2 36:1,2 37:1 38:22 2Ch 1:5

21 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.

Machir. Ge 50:23 Nu 26:29 27:1 32:39,40 De 3:15

married. Heb. took.

22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

Jair. Nu 32:41 De 3:14 Jos 13:30

23 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.

Geshur. Jos 13:13 2Sa 13:38

Kenath. Kenath was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan. Eusebius says it was called in his time Kanatha; and was a town in the Trachonitis, near Bozra. Josephus places it in Coelo-syria; and Pliny reckons it among the cities of the Decapolis. It was also called Nobah, after Nobah an Israelite, who conquered it, (Nu. 32:42;) which is placed by Eusebius, eight miles south of Heshbon: See Note on Ju. 8:11.

24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

Caleb-Ephratah. 9,18,19 1Sa 30:14

Ashur. 4:5

Tekoa. 2Sa 14:2 Am 1:1

25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

the sons of. Of the persons mentioned in verses 25-33, nothing more is recorded or known.

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Jerahmeel.

26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

Ram. 25

28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.

Onam. 26

29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

Nadab. 28

31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

the children of Sheshan. 34,35

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

Jada. 28

Jether. i.e., excellence, superiority Ex 4:18 Jud 8:20 1Ki 2:5,32 1Ch 2:17,32 4:17 7:38

(1) Father-in-law of Moses, Ex 4:18. Ex 3:1

(2) Firstborn of Gideon, Jud 8:20.

(3) Father of Amasa, slain by Joab, 1 Ki 2:5; called Ithra. 2Sa 17:25

(4) A descendant of Jerameel, 1 Ch 2:32.

(5) Son of Ezra, of Judah, 1 Ch 4:17.

(6) A son of Asher, 1 Ch 7:38.

Jonathan. 1Sa 13:2

died without children. 30

33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

Peleth. Nu 16:1

Zaza. i.e., going back; brightness; fulness

34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

no sons. Nu 27:3,4,8

but daughters. Nu 36:2,10,11

Jarha. i.e., increasing moon 35

35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

Sheshan. When the people of the East have no sons, they frequently marry their daughters to their slaves, even when they have much property to bestow upon them. Hassan had been the slave of Kamel, his predecessor; but Kamel, according to the custom of the country, gave him one of his daughters in marriage, and left him at his death one part of his great riches which he had amassed in the course of a long and prosperous life (Maillet, Lett. xi. p. 118).

his daughter. 31

Attai. i.e., opportune 36 12:11 2Ch 11:20

(1) Son of Jarha, father of Nathan, ver. 36. 35

(2) One who came to David to Ziklan, 1 Ch 12:11.
(3) Son of Rehoboam by Maachah, 2 Ch 11:20.

36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

Zabad. 11:41

37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

Ephlal. i.e., intercession

Obed. Ru 4:17

38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

Jehu. 2Ki 9:2

Azariah. 6:36 2Ch 23:1

39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

Helez. i.e., strength 2Sa 23:26

(1) One of David's valiant men, 2 Sa 23:26. 1Ch 11:27

(2) A descendant of Jerahmeel. 1Ch 2:39

Eleasah. i.e., God has wrought 1 Ch 2:39,40 8:37 9:43 Ezr 10:22 Jer 29:3

(1) Descended from Sheshan's daughter, 1 Ch 2:39.

(2) One of the stock of Saul, 1 Ch 8:37, 9:43.

(3) Rendered Elasah, the bearer of Jeremiah's letter to the captives in Babylon, Jer 29:3.

40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

Sisamai. i.e., distinguished one; swallow

Shallum. 2Ki 15:10

41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

Jekamiah. i.e., let Jah arise 3:18

Elishama. Nu 1:10 2Ki 25:25

42 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.

Caleb. This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, and therefore called the brother of Jerahmeel: See the parallel texts:

2:9

Chelubai. 2:18,19,24

his first-born. Ge 49:3 Ex 4:22,23 Ro 8:29 Heb 12:23

the father. i.e, the founder, or, as the Targum renders, 'the prince of the Ziphites;' for it was usual to call both the founder and the prince of a city its father.

Ziph. Jos 15:24 1Sa 23:19 26:1

the father of Hebron. 23,24,45,49,52 8:29 Ezr 2:21-35 Ne 7:25-38

43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

Raham. i.e., compassionate

Jorkoam. i.e., paleness or spreading of the people 44

45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

Beth-zur. Beth-zur was situated in the tribe of Judah, twenty miles south from Jerusalem, towards Hebron, according to Eusebius. It was fortified by Rehoboam, (2 Ch 11:7) and was a fortress of great consequence, principally in the time of the Maccabees. 1 Mac 4:28; 6:7, etc.

Jos 15:58

46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.

Caleb's. 18,19,48

47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

concubine. 46 Ge 25:5,6

49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.

the father of Madmannah. See on ver. 42 Madmannah was a city situated in the southern part of Judah, and towards Gaza, according to Eusebius.

Jos 15:31 Isa 10:31

Madmenah.
Gibea. It is probable this was not Gibeah of Benjamin, and the royal residence of Saul, but Gibeah in the tribe of Judah, to which all these other cities belonged.

Jos 15:57 2Sa 21:6

Gibeah.

50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.

Caleb. This Caleb was the grandson of the preceding, and brother to Uri, the father of Bezaleel.

Ephratah. 19,20

Ephrath.
Kirjath-jearim. 53 13:5,6 Jos 15:9,60 1Sa 7:1

51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

Salma. 4:4

Beth-lehem. Ge 35:19 Ru 1:19 2:4 4:11 Mt 2:1,6 Joh 7:42

52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

Haroeh. or, Reaiah. 4:2

As Haroeh and Reaiah have nearly the same signification, it is probable they were deemed perfectly interchangeable, and indifferently applied.

half of the Manahethites. 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,

Ithrites. 11:40 2Sa 23:38

the Zareathites. Jos 15:33 19:41 Jud 13:2,25 16:31

54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

Beth-lehem. 51

Netophathites. 2Ch 11:20 2Sa 23:29 Ezr 2:22 Ne 7:26 12:28

Ataroth. or, Atarites, or crowns of the house of Joab. Jos 16:2

55 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.

the scribes. Ezr 7:6 Jer 8:8

Jabez. 4:9,10

Kenites Jud 1:16 4:11 1Sa 15:6

Rechab. 2Ki 10:15 Jer 35:2-8,19