1 CHRONICLES 2:1 The Sons of Israel. The sons of Israel are the subject of the following genealogies. Here the author lists the biological sons of Jacob (see Genesis 35:22). When he lists the tribes later in the book he traces how the land was divided (see Joshua 13:1). Thus, he includes the half-tr... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES 2:3 The Tribe of Judah. The first and most extensive place in the genealogy is given to Judah. The author has arranged it as follows: ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 2:9 Verses 1 Chronicles 2:10 are drawn mainly from Ruth 4:19. Here, only the line of DAVID (1 Chronicles 2:15) came from RAM, and the rest of Judah from Hezron’s other sons, Jerahmeel and Caleb (CHELUBAI is a variant of “Caleb”). Although 1 Samuel 16:10 indicates th... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 2:18 CALEB THE SON OF HEZRON is not the later contemporary of Joshua (see 1 Chronicles 4:15). He was an ancestor of BEZALEL (1 Chronicles 2:20), the principal craftsman for the tabernacle (Exodus 31:2; 2 Chronicles 1:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 2:25 Two lists (vv. 1 Chronicles 2:25 and 1 Chronicles 2:34) have been joined here, probably from material preserved by this clan, descendants of JERAHMEEL, THE FIRSTBORN OF HEZRON. They lived in the Negeb, on Judah’s southern frontier, in David’s day (1 Samuel 27:1... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 2:42 An addition to vv. 1 Chronicles 2:18, made up of early lists of the descendants of Caleb (vv. 1 Chronicles 2:42) and his son Hur (vv. 1 Chronicles 2:50). Personal and place names are together in this section (HEBRON, BETH-ZUR, KIRIATH-JEARIM, BETHLEHEM), so “fa... [ Continue Reading ]