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1 Chronicles 4:9

1 Chronicles 16:8; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Kings 3:7; 1 Samuel 1:17; 2 Corinthians 2:1; 2 Timothy 4:18; Acts 3:26; Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 3:20; Ephesians 4:30; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 12:8; Genesis 32:26; Genesis 32:28; Genesis 33:20; Genesis 48:16; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 41:17; Jeremiah 33:3; Job 12:4; Job 22:27; Job 22:28; John 10:28; John 21:17; Joshua 17:14; Judges 1:27; Luke 19:42; Matthew 26:75; Matthew 6:13; Matthew 7:7; Proverbs 10:22; Proverbs 30:8; Psalms 116:1; Psalms 116:2; Psalms 116:2; Psalms 119:173; Psalms 21:4; Psalms 32:3; Psalms 32:4; Psalms 51:12; Psalms 51:8; Psalms 55:16; Psalms 65:2; Psalms 66:19; Psalms 66:20; Psalms 72:17; Psalms 99:6; Revelation 3:19; Romans 10:12; Romans 12:9; Romans 16:19

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See also 1 Chronicles 4:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Chronicles 4:9. _AND JABEZ WAS MORE HONOURABLE_] This whole account is variously understood by some of the principal _versions_. I shall subjoin a translation of each. SEPTUAGINT. - "And _Ig...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    It is remarkable that Jabez should be introduced without description, or patronymic, as if a well-known personage. We can only suppose that he was known to those for whom Chronicles was written, eithe...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4:1-23 ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES OF JUDAH _ 1. The sons of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:1)_ 2. Jabez more honorable (1 Chronicles 4:9) 3. Further descendants of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:1

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, o...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MORE HONOURABLE. Perhaps his going up with Caleb and Othniel against the Canaanites is referred to. See Judges 1:2; Judges 1:4; Judges 1:9.Joshua 15:13....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The connexion of this verse also does not appear, but according to Targ. (on 1 Chronicles 4:13) _Jabez_= _Othniel_, the nephew of Caleb. _And Jabez_etc.] Render, AND JABEZ CAME TO BE HONONRED ABOVE H...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON TWO 4-6 I. GENEALOGIES FROM ADAM TO DAVID (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 9:44) 3. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (1 Chronicles 2:1-55,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JABEZ WAS MORE HONOURABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN: AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIS NAME JABEZ, SAYING, BECAUSE I BARE HIM WITH SORROW._ Jabez, [as if for _ YA`BEETS_ (H3258), he causes pain; Septuagint, Iga...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:9 honoured (a-5) Or 'more honourable.' see Genesis 34:19 . Jabez, (b-15) Meaning, 'Causing pain.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter enumerates further descendants of Judah, and the descendants of Simeon....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AND HIS MOTHER.. SORROW] better,' though his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow' (Heb. _ozeb_). The sorrow implied by his ominous name was averted by his prayer. 17,...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 4 Other families of Judah –...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MORE HONOURABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN. — Comp. what is said of Hamor son of Shechem in Genesis 34:19. HIS BRETHREN. — Perhaps the sons of Coz. The form of the Hebrew verb implies connection with 1 Chroni...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֣י יַעְבֵּ֔ץ נִכְבָּ֖ד מֵ אֶחָ֑יו וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1;...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    1 Chronicles 1:19 FAMILY TRADITIONS 1 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Chronicles 1:19; 1 Chronicles 2:3;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here another line from Judah is traced, and must be viewed in the light of the royalty manifest in David. It is the story of the multiplication and settlement of the people who became workers in the g...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name (c) Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. (c) Otherwise called Othniel, (Judges 1:13)....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Jabes. That is, sorrowful. (Challoner) --- There seems to be something wanting, as we are not informed who were the brethren of Jabes. (Calmet) --- This name he received from his mother, while his fa...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Jabez being so remarkably spoken of, and his prayer so recorded, and the Lord's gracious answer to it in granting it so striking, demands a more particular attention. Though the birth of Jabez was att...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. The genealogy of David's family is next given us, as far as several generations after the return from the captivity; and then that of the tribes...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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, al...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. Ver. 9. _And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren._] _Propter ope...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Jabez was more honourable_, &c. For courage and fervent piety. _His mother called his name Jabez_ That is, _sorrowful; saying, Because I bare him with sorrow_ She had hard labour when she was in trav...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1.11 The posteritie of Iudah by Caleb the sonne of Hur. 5 Of Ashur the posthumus son of Hezron. [THE GENEALOGIE OF IUDAH.] 9 Of Iabez, and his prayer. 21 The posteritie of Shelah. 24 The posterit...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Jabez, whose city is mentioned 1 Chronicles 2:55, WAS MORE HONORABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN, distinguished for his sincere and fervent piety as well as for his learning; AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIS NAME...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE POSTERITY OF JUDAH...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    JABEZ: that is, sorrowful...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JABEZ; one of the fathers of _the families of Aharhel_ last mentioned. MORE HONOURABLE THAN HIS BRETHREN, for courage, and especially for true and fervent piety, expressed in the following petition....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez H3258 honorable H3513 (H8737) brothers H251 mother H517 called H7121 (H8804) name...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Chronicles 4:9 In what Jabez was "more honourable than his brethren" we are not told. It might be in courage; it might be in learning; it is certain that he was honourable for his piety. I. Jabez...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Posterity of Judah and Simeon. CHARACTERS: God, Jabez, Caleb. CONCLUSION: If we set ourselves to acknowledge God in all our ways we put ourselves under the divine blessing and protection a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Chronicles 4:9. _Jabez,_ dolour, grief, anguish. He was honourable; the same with Othniel, according to the Targumists. 1 Chronicles 4:22. _Jokim, &c._ These four probably resided in Moab, about the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren._ JABEZ We know nothing whatsoever of the Jabez here commemorated beyond what we find in these two verses. But this is enough to mark him out as worth...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The sons of Judah._ SURVEY OF THE GENEALOGY I. How great the obscurity of most men! II. What folly to seek place and power only here! III. How needful to secure renown hereafter! “Rejoice that yo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 4:1 Information about other CLANS rounds off the genealogy of Judah. Verses 1 Chronicles 4:1 supply additional detail

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 4:9 JABEZ prays that his name, which is similar to the Hebrew word for “pain,” will not be a bad omen. He desires to live under God’s blessing and protection. On the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Obscurity often arising from brevity conspicuous in this passage. Yet we discern an order in it, indicated in first verse. It contains descendants of Shobal, Hur, Carmi, Hezron, and o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 4:1 After the large space given to the "sons of David," of the tribe of Judah, in the previous chapter, this chapter returns for twenty-three verses to group together a few ad...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter four, we follow another line from Caleb through one of his sons called Er. And you get a different line of Caleb from that which was earlier given. Now in this particular line in verse nine...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Honourably — For courage, and for fervent piety. She records this, that it might be a memorandum to herself, to be thankful to God as long as she lived, for bringing her through that sorrow: and a mem...

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