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1
Chronicles Chapter Four
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4
In
this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah
and of some principal
families in it
1 Chronicles 4:1
and of the tribe of Simeon
their families
cities
and villages
1 Chronicles 4:24
and of the enlargement of their borders
and conquest of the Amalekites
1 Chronicles 4:39.
1 Chronicles
4:1 The sons of
Judah were Perez
Hezron
Carmi
Hur
and Shobal.
YLT
1Sons of Judah: Pharez
Hezron
and Carmi
and Hur
and Shobal.
The sons of Judah: Pharez
.... The posterity of
Judah in the line of Pharez
for he only is mentioned:
Hezron
and Carmi
and Hur
and Shobal. Hezron was
the son of Pharez
and Carmi is supposed to be Chelubai
or Caleb
the son of
Hezron; and Hur the son of Caleb; and Shobal was the son of the second Caleb
the son of Hur; see 1 Chronicles 2:5.
1 Chronicles
4:2 2 And
Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath
and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These
were the families of the Zorathites.
YLT
2And Reaiah son of Shobal
begat Jahath
and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad; these [are] families of the
Zorathite.
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath
.... Reaiah is
the same with Haroeh
1 Chronicles 2:52
the names are of the same signification:
and Jahath begat Ahumai
and Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites; who inhabited Zoreah
as the Targum
at least part of it; see 1 Chronicles 2:53.
1 Chronicles
4:3 3 These
were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel
Ishma
and Idbash; and the
name of their sister was Hazelelponi;
YLT
3And these [are] of the
father of Etam: Jezreel
and Ishma
and Idbash; and the name of their sister
[is] Hazzelelponi
And these were of the father of Etam
.... Or of the
prince of Etam: or
as the Targum
these are princes that dwelt in Etam
a
place not far from Zorah
Judges 15:8 and is
mentioned with Bethlehem and Tekoa in the tribe of Judah
2 Chronicles 11:6
namely
which follow:
Jezreel
and Ishma
and Idbash; these were the sons of
the governor of Etam:
and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; who
perhaps
was a person of great note in those days
though now unknown; indeed
a Jewish
chronologerF23Juchasin
fol. 10. 2. tells us
that the mother of
Samson was Hazalelponith
of the tribe of Judah.
1 Chronicles
4:4 4 and
Penuel was the father of Gedor
and Ezer was the father of
Hushah. These were the sons of Hur
the firstborn of Ephrathah the
father of Bethlehem.
YLT
4and Penuel [is] father of
Gedor
and Ezer father of Hushah. These [are] sons of Hur
first-born of
Ephratah
father of Beth-Lehem.
And Penuel the father of Gedor
.... The prince of that
place
according to some
and the same with Hareph
1 Chronicles 2:51
and Ezer the father of Hushah: thought to be the same
with Shuah
1 Chronicles 4:11
these are the sons of Hur
the firstborn of Ephratah: Caleb's wife
1 Chronicles 2:19
the Targum adds
the same with Miriam; and so other Jewish writersF24Shemot
Rabba
sect. 1. fol. 90. 4. Yalkut in 1 Chron. ii. 19. say
Miriam had two
names
and one was Ephratah; though Josephus makesF25Antiqu. l. 3.
c. 2. Hur to be her husband
and not her son
as here:
who was the father of Bethlehem; of the inhabitants of
that city
at least part of them
or prince of that place
as his grandson
Salma also was
1 Chronicles 2:51.
1 Chronicles 4:5 5 And Ashhur the father of
Tekoa had two wives
Helah and Naarah.
YLT
5And to Ashhur father of
Tekoa were two wives
Helah and Naarah;
And Ashur the father of Tekoa
.... A son of Hezron by
Abiah
1 Chronicles 2:24.
had two wives
Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had
polygamy
not being reckoned unlawful in those times.
1 Chronicles 4:6 6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam
Hepher
Temeni
and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
YLT
6and Naarah beareth to him
Ahuzzam
and Hepher
and Temeni
and Haahashtari: these [are] sons of Naarah.
And Naarah bare him Ahuzam
and Hepher
and Temeni
and
Haahashtari
.... Of whom we have no account elsewhere:
these were the sons of Naarah; the second wife of
Ashur.
1 Chronicles 4:7 7 The sons of Helah were
Zereth
Zohar
and Ethnan;
YLT
7And sons of Helah: Zereth
and Zohar
and Ethnan.
And the sons of Helah
.... The other wife:
were Zereth
and Zoar
and Ethnan: nowhere else mentioned.
1 Chronicles 4:8 8 and Koz begot Anub
Zobebah
and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
YLT
8And Coz begat Anub
and
Zobebah
and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.
And Coz
.... Another son of Helah
and brother of the before mentioned:
begat Anub
and Zobebah; of whom we nowhere else
read:
and the families of Aharhel
the son of Harum; these were of
the posterity of Coz; the Targum is
"and
the family of Aharhel
this is Hur
the firstborn of Miriam;'which is not at
all probable.
1 Chronicles 4:9 9 Now Jabez was more
honorable than his brothers
and his mother called his name Jabez
[a] saying
“Because I bore him in pain.”
YLT
9And Jabez is honoured above
his brethren
and his mother called his name Jabez
saying
`Because I have
brought forth with grief.'
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren
.... The
Targum adds
"and wiser in the law than his brethren;'or he might be a man
of great wealth and riches
or of great strength and courage
all which make a
man honourable; or he may be so called
because a praying man
as follows
a
man of devotion and religion
a man of God
see 1 Samuel 9:6
but
who he was is not easy to say
probably a son or brother of Harum
or however
that belonged to one of the families of Aharhel
mentioned in the preceding
verse; for that he was Othniel
as say the Targumist and other Jewish writersF26T.
Bab. Temurah
fol. 16. 1.
is not probable
and besides is after spoken of
distinct from him
1 Chronicles 4:13.
and his mother called his name Jabez
saying
because I bare him
with sorrow; either with sorrow for her husband
being dead
or by reason of
very sharp pains she endured at the birth of him; he was another Benoni.
1 Chronicles 4:10 10 And Jabez called on the God
of Israel saying
“Oh
that You would bless me indeed
and enlarge my
territory
that Your hand would be with me
and that You would keep me
from evil
that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.
YLT
10And Jabez calleth to the
God of Israel
saying
`If blessing Thou dost bless me
then Thou hast made
great my border
and Thy hand hath been with me
and Thou hast kept [me] from
evil -- not to grieve me;' and God bringeth in that which he asked.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel
.... Or prayed
to him
as the Targum; though some understand it as a vow
promising what he
would do if God would do thus and thus for him; the Syriac and Arabic versions
read in the third person
taking it to be what others
his parents and friends
wished for him:
let him bless thee
.... but they are doubtless his own words
and a supplication of his to the Lord:
saying
oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed; the Targum
adds
with children; but he no doubt prayed for greater blessings than any
outward or temporal ones are
even spiritual blessings
covenant blessings
the
sure mercies of David
which are solid
substantial
durable
and irreversible:
and enlarge my coast; the Targum
is
"multiply my borders with disciples.'It may be understood of an enlargement
of the borders of his country
by expelling the Canaanites that might dwell in
it
and of an increase of his worldly substance for good ends and purposes; or
rather of a spiritual enlargement by deliverance from spiritual enemies
and of
grace as to exercise; and particularly of spiritual light and knowledge
and of
the affections and desires of the soul after divine things
see Psalm 4:1.
and that thine hand might be with me; the Targum
adds
in business
prospering and succeeding him; the sense may be
that his
hand of providence might be with him to protect him
of grace and love to
comfort and help him in every time of need
of wisdom to direct him
and of
power to keep him:
and that thou wouldest keep me from evil; from the evil
of affliction
and especially from the evil of sin
and from the evil one
Satan
and from all evil men and evil company; the Targum is
"and make me
companions such as I am:'that it may not grieve me; alluding to his name Jabez
which he had from the sorrow and grief of his mother; and nothing is more
grieving to a good man than the evil of sin
so contrary to the nature and will
of God
being committed against a God of infinite love
grace
and mercy
whereby the name
ways
and truths of Christ are dishonoured
and the Spirit of
God grieved
and saints are bereaved of much comfort; and therefore desire to
be kept from it
knowing they cannot keep themselves
but the Lord can and
will
at least from the tyranny of it
and destruction by it: the Targum
is
"lest the evil figment (or corruption of nature) should move or provoke
me:"
and God granted him that which he requested; as he does
whatever is asked in faith
according to his will
and will make for his glory
and the good of his people; see 1 John 5:14.
1 Chronicles 4:11 11 Chelub the brother of
Shuhah begot Mehir
who was the father of Eshton.
YLT
11And Chelub brother of Shuah
begat Mehir; he [is] father of Eshton.
And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir
.... If Shuah
is the same with Hushah
1 Chronicles 4:4
then Chelub was the son of Ezer:
which was the father of Eshton; not the prince of a
place called Eshton
as Vatablus; for it is the name of a man
the son of
Mehir
and who in the next verse is said to beget sons.
1 Chronicles 4:12 12 And Eshton begot
Beth-Rapha
Paseah
and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash. These were the
men of Rechah.
YLT
12And Eshton begat
Beth-Rapha
and Paseah
and Tehinnah father of Ir-Nahash; these [are] men of
Rechah.
And Eshton begat Bethrapha
.... Or the family of
Rapha:
and Paseah
and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash; or the city
of Nahash; Tehinnah seems to have been the prince or governor of a city
so
called:
these are the men of Rechah; these sons of Eshton
dwelt in a place called Rechah; the Targum
without any reason
says
these are
the men of the great sanhedrim.
1 Chronicles 4:13 13 The sons of Kenaz were
Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath
[b]
YLT
13And sons of Kenaz: Othniel
and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.
And the sons of Kenaz
.... Who was either the
son of Chelub
or of Eshton:
Othniel
and Seraiah; the first of these is he
who is mentioned
Joshua 15:17 and
was the first judge in Israel:
and the son of Othniel
Hathath; and the next mentioned.
1 Chronicles 4:14 14 and Meonothai who
begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim
[c] for they
were craftsmen.
YLT
14And Meonothai begat Ophrah
and Seraiah begat Joab father of the valley of artificers
for they were
artificers.
And Meonothai
.... Another son of Othniel:
begat Ophrah; and Seraiah
the brother of Othniel
begat Joab; not David's
general
but another of the same name
who lived long before him
see 1 Chronicles 2:54.
the father of the valley of Charashim: of the
inhabitants of the valley
or the prince of them
called the valley of
craftsmen
Nehemiah 11:35 the
reason of which is here given:
for they were craftsmen; that dwelt in it
carpenters and smiths
both which the word signifies
men that wrought in
stone
wood
and iron.
1 Chronicles 4:15 15 The sons of Caleb the son
of Jephunneh were Iru
Elah
and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz.
YLT
15And sons of Caleb son of
Jephunneh: Iru
Elah
and Naam; and sons of Elah
even Kenaz.
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh
.... Jephunneh
is not the same with Hezron
as the Targum
but another son of Kenaz
hence
called the Kenezite
Joshua 14:6 and
brother of Othniel; and Caleb his son is the same that was sent one of the
spies of the land of Canaan by Moses
see Numbers 13:6.
his sons were Iru
Elah
and Naam; of whom we nowhere else
read:
and the sons of Elah
even Kenaz; another Kenaz
or rather
it should be read Uknaz; so Jarchi and Kimchi.
1 Chronicles 4:16 16 The sons of Jehallelel were
Ziph
Ziphah
Tiria
and Asarel.
YLT
16And sons of Jehaleleel:
Ziph and Ziphah
Tiria
and Asareel.
And the sons of Jehaleleel
.... Who probably was the
son of Uknaz:
Ziph
and Ziphah
Tiria
and Asareel; there were
two cities in the tribe of Judah of the name of Ziph
Joshua 15:24
which
might be called from these men
or from Ziph in 1 Chronicles 2:42.
1 Chronicles 4:17 17 The sons of Ezrah were
Jether
Mered
Epher
and Jalon. And Mered’s wife[d] bore Miriam
Shammai
and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
YLT
17And sons of Ezra [are]
Jether
and Mered
and Epher
and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam
and Shammai
and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.
And the sons of Ezra
.... Who was perhaps the
son of Asareel
last mentioned:
Jether
and Mered
and Epher
and Jalon; only one of
them
Mered
is after mentioned:
and she bare Miriam; which is not the name of
a woman
but of a man
as Kimchi observes; and
according to him
his mother
was the wife of Mered
which he gathers from the next verse; though she seems
to be the wife of Ezra
who bare him other sons:
and Shammai
and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa; a prince of a
city in the tribe of Judah
so called
Joshua 15:50.
1 Chronicles 4:18 18 (His wife Jehudijah[e] bore Jered
the father of Gedor
Heber the father of Sochoh
and Jekuthiel the father of
Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh
whom Mered
took.
YLT
18And his wife Jehudijah bare
Jered father of Gedor
and Heber father of Socho
and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah.
And these [are] sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh
whom Mered took
And his wife Jehudijah
.... Another wife of
Ezra; or
according to Kimchi
of Mered; a Jewess
as the word is by some
rendered
to distinguish her from another wife
an Egyptian
in the latter part
of the verse:
bare Jered the father of Gedor
and Heber the father of Socho
and
Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah; who were princes
as Jarchi seems rightly
to observe; of several cities of these names in the tribe of Judah
as of
Gedor
see Joshua 15:58
of
Socoh
Joshua 15:35
of
Zanoah
Joshua 15:34
the
Targum interprets the names of all these men of Moses
whom Pharaoh's daughter
brought up; and so other Jewish writersF1T. Bab. Megillah
fol. 13.
1. Vajikra Rabba
sect. 1. fol. 146. 3.
into which mistake they were led by
what follows:
and these are the sons of Bithiah
the daughter of Pharaoh
which
Mered took; that is
to wife; this Mered was one of the sons of Ezra
1 Chronicles 4:17
the Targum
and other Jewish writersF2T. Bab. Sanhedrin
fol. 19. 2.
& Megillah
fol. 13. 1.
say this was Caleb
called Mered
because he
rebelled against the counsel of the spies; but this contradicts their other
notion of Jehudijah
or Bithiah
Pharaoh's daughter
whom he married
the one
who brought up Moses
since Moses was elder than Caleb; but Bithiah
whom Mered
married
was not a daughter of Pharaoh king of Egypt
but of an Israelite of
this name; her sons are supposed to be those in the latter part of 1 Chronicles 4:17.
1 Chronicles 4:19 19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife
the sister of Naham
were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of
Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
YLT
19and sons of the wife of
Hodiah sister of Nahom: Abi-Keilah the Garmite
and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
And the sons of his wife Hodiah
.... Another wife of
Mered. HillerusF3Onomastic. Sacr. p. 836. takes her to be the same
with Jehudijah
1 Chronicles 4:18
though someF4Michaelis in loc. take Hodiah to be the name of a man
and read the words
"and the sons of the wife of Hodiah"; which wife
of Hodiah was
the sister of Naham; or rather Achotnaham
we
render the sister of Naham
is the name of the first son of Hodiah
as some
thinkF5Beckii Not. in Targ. 1 Chron. iv. 19. :
the father of Keilah the Garmite; prince of the city of
Keilah
in the tribe of Judah
Joshua 15:44 who
sprung from the family of Garmi:
and Eshtemoa the Maachathite; the father or prince of
the inhabitants of Eshtemoa
another city in the same tribe
see 1 Chronicles 4:17
who sprung from Maachah
see 1 Chronicles 2:48.
1 Chronicles 4:20 20 And the sons of Shimon were
Amnon
Rinnah
Ben-Hanan
and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth
and Ben-Zoheth.
YLT
20And sons of Shimon [are]
Amnon
and Rinnah
Ben-Hanon
and Tilon; and sons of Ishi: Zoheth
and
Ben-Zoheth.
And the sons of Shimon
.... Perhaps another son
of Mered by his last wife
or the same with Shammai
1 Chronicles 4:17
were
Amnon
and Rinnah
Benhanan
and Tilon; nowhere else
mentioned:
and the sons of Ishi: who it may be was the
brother of Shimon or Tilon: were
Zoheth
and Benzoheth; of whom we know no more
than their names.
1 Chronicles 4:21 21 The sons of Shelah the son
of Judah were Er the father of Lecah
Laadah the father of Mareshah
and
the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;
YLT
21Sons of Shelah son of
Judah: Er father of Lecah
and Laadah father of Mareshah
and the families of
the house of the service of fine linen
of the house of Ashbea;
The sons of Shelah
the son of Judah
were
.... The
genealogy of the posterity of Judah
in the lines of Pharez and Zerah
being
given
and very largely in that of the former
because of the honour of David
and his kingdom
which sprang from thence
as Jarchi observes
and also the
King Messiah
the writer returns to give an account of his posterity by Shelah
a son he had by the daughter of Shuah
Genesis 38:2 and
the only one that had children: which were as follow:
Er the father of Lecah: prince of a city of this
name in the tribe of Judah; Shelah gave him the name of Er
in memory of his
brother
Genesis 38:3
and Laadah the father of Mareshah; prince of a city of this
name in the same tribe
Joshua 15:44.
and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen
of
the house of Ashbea; which last clause explains what house these families were of
which sprang from Shelah
and were employed in making fine linen; the Targum
adds
for the garments of kings and priests
or for the curtains of the
tabernacle
as Jarchi; for not with the Egyptians and Greeks only fine linen
was made
but among the Hebrews
as PausaniasF6Eliac. 1. sive
l. 5.
p. 294. testifies.
1 Chronicles 4:22 22 also Jokim
the men of
Chozeba
and Joash; Saraph
who ruled in Moab
and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the
records are ancient.
YLT
22and Jokim
and the men of
Chozeba
and Joash
and Saraph
who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and
these things [are] ancient.
And Jokim
.... The Vulgate Latin version is:
and he that made the sun to stand: as if Joshua was meant;
and in the Talmud it isF7T. Bab. Bava Bathra
fol. 91. 2. said
Jokim
this is Joshua
who confirmed the oath to the Gibeonites; and the Targum
here is
"and
the prophets of the scribes that sprang from the posterity of Joshua;'but
Joshua was of the tribe of Ephraim
and not of Judah; though some interpret it
of Elimelech
as Lyra observesF8So Heb. in Hieron. Trad. Heb. in
Paralip. fol. 81. M.
of whom the fable is
that the sun stood still at his
prayers
as it did in Joshua's time
to convert the men of Bethlehem; but Jokim
is no doubt the proper name of some famous man or family that descended from
Shelah:
and the men of Chozeba: which signifies a lie;
and the Targum interprets it of the Gibeonites
who lied to Joshua; but those
were Canaanites
and not of the posterity of Shelah
and tribe of Judah;
Chezib
or Achzib
a city in the tribe of Judah
very probably is meant
as
Kimchi
the very place where Shelah was born
Genesis 38:5 and where
dwelt some of his posterity:
and Joash and Saraph
who had the dominion in Moab; some render
the word
"which married in Moab"; and so the Targum interprets it of
Mahlon and Chilion
who took wives of the daughters of Moab; but rather it is
to be understood of some who were governors in Moab in the times of David
when
Moab was subdued by him
2 Samuel 8:2 or
however were such
who
at one time or another
made war with Moab
and
overcame them:
and Jashubilehem: which the Targumist understands of Boaz
prince of the wise men of the school of Bethlehem
and the TalmudistsF9Ut
supra. (T. Bab. Bava Bathra
fol. 91. 2.) of Ruth
that dwelt in Bethlehem; and
may be interpreted of some of the inhabitants of that place which sprang from
Shelah; or rather is the name of a single man
famous in his time
though not
now known:
and these are ancient things; an account of persons
that lived in ancient times
and which the writer of this book gives not on his
own knowledge
but by tradition
or rather by inspiration.
1 Chronicles 4:23 23 These were the
potters and those who dwell at Netaim[f] and
Gederah;[g] there they
dwelt with the king for his work.
YLT
23They [are] the potters and
inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.
These were the potters
.... Or are the potters;
the posterity of those men
who were so famous in their day
are now of mean
employments: some of them made earthen pots; and some of them
dwelt among plants and hedges; or were employed in
planting gardens and orchards
and making fences for them; or
as others think
"dwelt in Netaim and Gadara"
cities in the tribe of Judah:
there they dwelt with the king for his work; to make pots
plant gardens
and set hedges for him; either for the king of Judah
or it may
be for the king of Babylon
where they were carried captive
and now chose to
remain
doing those servile works for the king
without the city
in the
fields.
1 Chronicles 4:24 24 The sons of Simeon were
Nemuel
Jamin
Jarib
[h] Zerah
[i] and
Shaul
YLT
24Sons of Simeon: Nemuel
and
Jamin
Jarib
Zerah
Shaul;
The sons of Simeon
.... The account of whom
next to the tribe
of Judah
is given before Reuben
because its inheritance lay in the tribe of
Judah
Joshua 19:1 his
sons were Nemuel
the same with Jemuel
Genesis 46:10.
and Jamin
Jarib
Zerah
and Shaul; who
in the place
referred to
is said to be the son of a Canaanitish woman; and Jarib and Zerah
are the same with Jachin and Zohar there: and Obed is here omitted
it may be
because he died without issue; see Numbers 26:12.
1 Chronicles 4:25 25 Shallum his son
Mibsam
his son
and Mishma his son.
YLT
25Shallum his son
Mibsam his
son
Mishma his son.
Shallum his son
.... The son of Shaul
and Mibsam was the
son of Shallum
and Mishma the son of Mibsam.
1 Chronicles 4:26 26 And the sons of Mishma were
Hamuel his son
Zacchur his son
and Shimei his son.
YLT
26And sons of Mishma: Hammuel
his son
Zacchur his son
Shimei his son.
And the sons of Mishma
.... These were Hamuel
Zacchur
and Shimei.
1 Chronicles 4:27 27 Shimei had sixteen sons
and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children
nor did any of
their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.
YLT
27And to Shimei [are] sixteen
sons and six daughters
and to his brethren there are not many sons
and none
of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah.
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters
.... None of
which are mentioned by name:
but his brethren had not many children: Hamuel and
Zacchur:
neither did all their family multiply like to the children of
Judah: to show the fruitfulness and great increase of which tribe
the
genealogical account of it
in this and the two preceding chapters
is given.
1 Chronicles 4:28 28 They dwelt at Beersheba
Moladah
Hazar Shual
YLT
28And they dwell in
Beer-Sheba
and Moladah
and Hazar-Shaul
Verses 28-31
And they dwelt at Beersheba
.... posterity of Simeon;
and this and the other places of their habitation are mentioned in the same
order
and with very little variation of names to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:31
as in Joshua 19:2 and
here
at 1 Chronicles 4:31
it is added:
these were their cities unto the reign of David; when
according to Kimchi
and other Jewish writers
he expelled them from thence
and restored them to the tribe of Judah.
1 Chronicles 4:29 29 Bilhah
Ezem
Tolad
YLT
29and in Bilhah
and in Ezem
and in Tolad
1 Chronicles 4:30 30 Bethuel
Hormah
Ziklag
YLT
30and in Bethuel
and in
Hormah
and in Ziklag
1 Chronicles 4:31 31 Beth Marcaboth
Hazar
Susim
Beth Biri
and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the
reign of David.
YLT
31and in Beth-Marcaboth
and
in Hazar-Susim
and in Beth-Birei
and in Shaarim; these [are] their cities
till the reigning of David.
1 Chronicles 4:32 32 And their villages were
Etam
Ain
Rimmon
Tochen
and Ashan—five cities—
YLT
32And their villages [are]
Etam
and Ain
Rimmon
and Tochen
and Ashan
five cities
And their villages were Etam
and Ain
Rimmon
and Tochen
and
Ashan
five cities. There are but four mentioned in Joshua 19:7 one
might be added since
or new built
namely
Tochen; these
according to Kimchi
were all that remained for them to dwell in
in the times of David; and therefore
they were obliged to seek out for new settlements for themselves and flocks
as
in 1 Chronicles 4:39
&c.
1 Chronicles 4:33 33 and all the villages that were
around these cities as far as Baal.[j] These were
their dwelling places
and they maintained their genealogy:
YLT
33and all their villages that
[are] round about these cities unto Baal; these [are] their dwellings
and they
have their genealogy:
And all their villages that were round about the same cities
unto
Baal
.... The same with Baalathbeer
Joshua 19:8.
these were their habitations
and their genealogy; as before
described
until the times of David.
1 Chronicles 4:34 34 Meshobab
Jamlech
and
Joshah the son of Amaziah;
YLT
34even Meshobab
and Jamlech
and Joshah son of Amaziah
Verses 34-37
And Meshobab
and Jamlech
.... These
with those
that follow to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:37
were famous men in the tribe of Simeon
of rank and dignity
and eminent for
courage and valour
as the latter part of the chapter testifies
though they
are nowhere else taken notice of. Jamlech
as FabritiusF11Bibliothec.
Gr. l. 4. c. 28. p. 294. observes
is not very different from Jamblichus
the
name of a famous Platonic philosopher.
1 Chronicles 4:35 35 Joel
and Jehu the son of
Joshibiah
the son of Seraiah
the son of Asiel;
YLT
35and Joel
and Jehu son of
Josibiah
son of Seraiah
son of Asiel
1 Chronicles 4:36 36 Elioenai
Jaakobah
Jeshohaiah
Asaiah
Adiel
Jesimiel
and Benaiah;
YLT
36and Elioenai
and Jaakobah
and Jeshohaiah
and Asaiah
and Adiel
and Jesimiel
and Benaiah
1 Chronicles 4:37 37 Ziza the son of Shiphi
the son of Allon
the son of Jedaiah
the son of Shimri
the son of Shemaiah—
YLT
37and Ziza son of Shiphi
son
of Allon
son of Jedaiah
son of Shimri
son of Shemaiah.
1 Chronicles 4:38 38 these mentioned by name were
leaders in their families
and their father’s house increased greatly.
YLT
38These who are coming in by
name [are] princes in their families
and the house of their fathers have
broken forth into a multitude;
These mentioned by their names were princes in their
families
.... The principal men of them
heads of their fathers' houses:
and the house of their fathers increased greatly; by them
so
that they were obliged to seek out for new habitations
as follows.
1 Chronicles 4:39 39 So they went to the
entrance of Gedor
as far as the east side of the valley
to seek pasture for
their flocks.
YLT
39and they go to the entrance
of Gedor
unto the east of the valley
to seek pasture for their flock
And they went to the entrance of Gedor
.... There was
a city of this name in the tribe of Judah
1 Chronicles 4:18
but this seems to be further off
and perhaps is the same with Gedaris
mentioned by StraboF12Geograph. l. 16. p. 522. along with Azotus and
Askelon
cities that belonged to the Philistines; since it was inhabited by the
posterity of Ham
of whom the Philistines were
as in the following verse:
even unto the east side of the valley; which was
near to Gedor
and a suitable place:
to seek pasture for their flocks; their sheep and goats.
1 Chronicles 4:40 40 And they found rich
good
pasture
and the land was broad
quiet
and peaceful; for some Hamites
formerly lived there.
YLT
40and they find pasture
fat
and good
and the land broad of sides
and quiet
and safe
for of Ham are
those dwelling there before.
And they found fat pasture and good
.... In or near the
valley of Gedor:
and the land was wide
and quiet
and peaceable; there was
room enough for them and their flocks
and they had no enemies on either side
to disturb them:
for they of Ham had dwelt there of old; either the
Canaanites who descended from Canaan the son of Ham
and had never been
expelled from thence; or the Philistines
who were a colony of the Egyptians
the posterity of Ham; and these inhabitants being of this cursed race
the
Simeonites scrupled not to dispossess them.
1 Chronicles 4:41 41 These recorded by name
came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they attacked their tents and
the Meunites who were found there
and utterly destroyed them
as it is to this
day. So they dwelt in their place
because there was pasture for their
flocks there.
YLT
41And these who are written
by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah
and smite their tents
and
the habitations that have been found there
and devote them to destruction unto
this day
and dwell in their stead
because pasture for their flock [is] there.
And these written by name
.... Before in 1 Chronicles 4:34
came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; as Dr.
LightfootF13Works
vol. 1. p. 111. thinks
not within the first
fourteen years of his reign
when the Syrian army was abroad
and none dost
peep out
but in his last fifteen years
when the army was destroyed and gone:
and smote their tents; the tents of those who
dwelt there for the sake of feeding their flocks
and whose pasturage the
Simeonites wanted:
and the habitations that were found there; or the
Meunaim or Maonites
which the Septuagint Version here calls Mineans
a people
sometimes mentioned along with the Philistines
and others: see Judges 10:11.
and destroyed them utterly unto this day: to the
writing of this book; they had not then recovered their possessions:
and dwelt in their room
because there was pasture there for their
flocks; which was the thing they were in search of.
1 Chronicles 4:42 42 Now some of them
five hundred men of the sons of Simeon
went to Mount Seir
having as their
captains Pelatiah
Neariah
Rephaiah
and Uzziel
the sons of Ishi.
YLT
42And of them
of the sons of
Simeon
there have gone to mount Seir
five hundred men
and Pelatiah
and
Neariah
and Rephaiah
and Uzziel
sons of Ishi
at their head
And some of them
even of the sons of Simeon
five hundred men
went to Mount Seir
.... In the land of Edom:
having for their captains Pelatiah
and Neariah
and Rephaiah
and
Uzziel
the sons of Ishi; these four captains are said
by the ancient Rabbins
to be of
the tribe of Manasseh
as Kimchi observes; see 1 Chronicles 5:24
but as the five hundred they were at the head of were of the sons of Simeon
the captains
no doubt
were of the same race.
1 Chronicles 4:43 43 And they defeated the rest
of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.
YLT
43and they smite the remnant
of those escaped of Amalek
and dwell there unto this day.
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped
.... That
escaped the sword of Saul; though
according to the JewsF14Midrash
Esther
fol. 93. 4.
100
000 of them were slain by him in one day; and of the
sword of David
though he is said not to leave man or woman alive
1 Samuel 27:8.
and dwelt there unto this day; in the cities of the
Amalekites
even of the posterity of the above; who were some of the remnant of
Israel
that were not carried away by the king of Assyria
and who dwelt here
after the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity
even in the times
of Ezra
the writer of this book; see 2 Chronicles 34:9.
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