And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah(R.V. ephrathah)]

The text of this passage is probably corrupt, for (1) "Caleb-ephrathah" is a very strange combination to signify the name of a place, (2) Vulg. LXX. have a verb (ingressus est, ἦλθεν) instead of the preposition, "in". A few small changes in the Heb. would yield the sense, " And after Hezron was dead Caleb went in to Ephrath (1 Chronicles 2:19) his father Hezron's wife and she bare him " etc.

Ashur R.V. Ashhur. Hur (1 Chronicles 2:19) the father of Bethlehem is described as the "firstborn of Ephrathah," so that Ashhur would be a younger brother (1 Chronicles 4:4).

the father of Tekoa i.e. the founder of the town or the eponymous ancestor of its inhabitants. Cp. 1 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 4:14; 1 Chronicles 4:21 etc. For Tekoasee 2 Chronicles 20:20, note.

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