1 The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur.
5 Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron.
9 Of Jabez, and his prayer.
11 The other families of the same stock.
21 The sons of Shelah.
24 The posterity and cities of Simeon.
39 Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir.

A.M. 2283, etc. B.C. 1721, etc. Pharez. 2:5 Ge 38:29 46:12 Nu 26:20,21 Ru 4:18 Mt 1:3 Lu 3:33

Phares, Esrom.
Carmi. 2:9

Chelubai. 2:18

Caleb.

2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

Reaiah. 2:52

Haroeh.
Zorathites. 2:53,54 Jos 15:33 Jud 13:25

3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

Etam. Jud 15:11 2Ch 11:6

4 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.

Gedor. 18,39 Jos 15:36

Hur. 2:19,50

5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

See on 2:24

6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

Probably Jabez should be mentioned here; as otherwise he is as a consequent without an antecedent.

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9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

more. Ge 34:19 Isa 43:4 Ac 17:11

Jabez. i.e., Sorrowful. I bare him. 7:23 Ge 3:16 35:18 1Sa 4:21

10 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.

called. 16:8 Ge 12:8 Job 12:4 Ps 55:16 99:6 116:2-4 Jer 33:3 Ro 10:12-14 1Co 1:2

the God. Ge 32:28 33:20 1Sa 1:17 Isa 41:17

Oh that, etc. Heb. If thou wilt, etc. Lu 19:42

bless me. Ge 12:2 32:26 Ps 72:17 Ac 3:26 Eph 1:3

enlarge. Jos 17:14-18 Jud 1:27-36 Pr 10:22

thine hand. Ps 119:173 Isa 41:10 Joh 10:28

that thou. Ge 48:16 Pr 30:8 Mt 6:13 Ro 12:9 16:19 2Ti 4:18

keep me. Heb. do me. that it may. Ps 32:3,4 51:8,12 Mt 26:75 Joh 21:17 2Co 2:1-7 Eph 4:30 Re 3:19

God granted. 1Ki 3:7-13 Job 22:27,28 Ps 21:4 65:2 66:19,20 116:1,2 Mt 7:7-11 Eph 3:20

11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

Irnahash. or, the city of Nahash. 12

13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

Kenaz. Jos 15:17 Jud 1:13 3:9-11

Hathath. or, Hathath and Meonathai, who begat, etc.

14 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. 2Ki 24:14 Ne 11:35

15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

Caleb. Nu 13:6,30 14:6-10,24,30 Jos 14:6-14 15:13-20 Jud 1:12-14

Kenaz. or, Uknaz.

16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

17 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.

Ezra. Ezra seems to be the person before called Asareel in ver. 16.

and she bare Miriam. It is probable that the latter part of ver. 18 should be transposed before this passage, which Michaelis thinks is its right place; for otherwise we have the pronoun she without an antecedent, and children born without their father's being mentioned.

Eshtemoa. 19 6:57 Jos 15:50

Eshtemoh. 21:24 1Sa 30:28

18 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. i.e., Jewess. 19

Jered. 1Ch 1:2

the father of. 4,39 Jos 15:58 1Ch 2:42 Jos 15:58

Gedor. Gedor was a city in the tribe of Judah; and probably the same which Eusebius calls Kedous, and Jerome Gedrus, ten miles from Diospolis, or Lydda, towards Eleutheropolis.

Heber. Ge 46:17

Socho. i.e., inclosure; his branch 4:18 2Ch 11:7

Shocho 28:18

Also Jos 15:35,48 1Sa 17:1 1Ki 4:10

(1) A city of Judah, Jos 15:35; 1 Sa 17:1; 1 Ki 4:10; 2Ch 11:7.

(2) Another city of Judah, Jos 15:48.

Jekuthiel. i.e., the fear or veneration or preservation of God; God is almightiness.

Jos 15:34

Bithiah. i.e., worshiper of Jah; daughter of Jah

daughter of Pharaoh. 1Ki 3:1,6 7:8 9:16,24 2Ch 8:11

Mered. 17

19 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. 18

Keilah. Jos 15:44 1Sa 23:1-13

20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

Shimon. Shimon is supposed to have been another son of Mered, by Jehudijah. As this latter name signifies a Jewess, it rather favours the opinion that Bithiah was not a Jewess, but an Egyptian.

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21 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,

Shelah. 2:3 9:5 Ge 38:5 46:12 Nu 26:20 Ne 11:5

Shiloni.

22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.

23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

14 Ps 81:6

24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

The sons of Simeon. This genealogy differs in many particulars from those in the parallel places; probably being occasioned by the same person's having several names.

Nemuel. Ge 46:10 Ex 6:15

Jemuel.
Jarib. Nu 26:12-14

Jachin.
Zerah. Ge 46:10

Zohar.

25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.

27 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 to. Heb. unto. Nu 2:4,13 26:14,22

28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

Beer-sheba. Beer-sheba was situated twenty miles south of Hebron, according to Eusebius and Jerome, in whose time it was occupied by a Roman garrison.

Jos 15:28,29 19:2,3,9

Moladah. Probably the same as Malatha, so often mentioned by Eusebius; from whom it appears it was situated about twenty miles from Hebron.

29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

Bilhah. Jos 19:3

Balah-Azem.
Tolad. Jos 19:4

Eltolad.

30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

Bethuel. Jos 19:4

Bethul.
Ziklag. 12:1 Jos 15:31 19:5 1Sa 27:6 30:1 Ne 11:28

31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

and Hazar-susim. Jos 19:5,6

Hazar-susah, Beth-lebaoth, Sharuhen.

32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

Etam. Ether, or Etham, was situated near Malatha, according to Eusebius.

Jos 19:7

Ether, Remmon.
Ashan. Eusebius say Beth-ashan was sixteen miles west of Jerusalem.

33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

Baal. Jos 19:8

Baalath-beer.
their genealogy. or, as they divided themselves by nations among them.

34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,

35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

mentioned by their names. Heb. coming by names. 5:24 Ge 6:4

39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

they went. This expedition of the Simeonites took place in the days of Hezekiah, and, as Calmet conjectures, near the time of the captivity of the ten tribes; when the remnant of Simeon would feel themselves obliged to retire more southward into Arabia Petr?a, for fear of the Jews, and to seek pasture for their flocks.

Gedor. 4,18 Jos 12:13

Geder. Jos 15:58

40 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.

the land. Jud 18:7-10

Ham. These were probably either Philistines or Egyptians, who dwelt at Gedor.

Ge 9:22-29 10:6 Ps 78:51 105:23

41 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.

these written. 33-38

Hezekiah. 2Ki 18:8-12 Isa 14:28-32

the habitations. Or, the Meunnim, or Maonites.

Jud 10:12 Jer 49:20 Ac 17:26

pasture. Nu 32:1-4

42 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.

mount Seir. Ge 36:8,9 De 1:2

43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

the rest. That is, those who escaped in the war which Saul, and afterwards David, made against them.

Ex 17:14-16 De 25:17-19 1Sa 15:7,8 30:17 2Sa 8:12

unto this day. De 34:6 Jud 1:26 2Ch 5:9 Jer 44:6 Mt 27:8 28:15