1 Chronicles 4:1
SONS. descendants. HUR, AND SHOBAL. These were sons of Caleb, the son of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2:18 1 Chronicles 2:20, 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 2:52).... [ Continue Reading ]
SONS. descendants. HUR, AND SHOBAL. These were sons of Caleb, the son of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2:18 1 Chronicles 2:20, 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 2:52).... [ Continue Reading ]
ZORATHITES. See 1 Chronicles 2:53.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE WERE OF. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "these were the sons of".... [ Continue Reading ]
FATHER: or lord, or prince. See note on 1 Chronicles 2:42.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASHUR.. son of Hezron. Compare 1 Chronicles 2:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
ETHNAN. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ thus: "Eth-nan, and Coz, [and Coz] begat Annb". Compare 1 Chronicles 4:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. JABEZ. The transposition of letters in Hebrew may intimate. change of experiences, and mean "may he have pain or grief reversed. " WITH SORROW. C... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GOD OF ISRAEL (Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4).. suitable title and prayer before going on the expedition. ISRAEL. The nation as descended from him for whom God orders all. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28. COAST. border or boundary. GRIEVE. pa _i_ n. Note Figur... [ Continue Reading ]
HATHATH. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "Hathath and Meonothai [and Meonothai] begat Ophrah".... [ Continue Reading ]
VALLEY OF CHARASHIM. Ge-harashim, the name of the place.... [ Continue Reading ]
CALEB THE SON OF JEPHUNNEH. Not the son of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHUDIJAH. the Jewess. BITHIAH, the daughter of Pharaoh. Is Bithiah the same as Jehudijah, and did she turn. Jewess? Mered was evidently. man of position.... [ Continue Reading ]
HODIAH. The Jehudijah of 1 Chronicles 4:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
FINE LINEN: or _byssus,_. fine white Egyptian linen.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD THE DOMINION: or became lords to Moab. JASHUBI-LEHEM. The Vulgate renders it "and returned to Beth-lehem", like Naomi and Ruth (1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 1:19). THINGS: or records.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE THAT DWELT, &C. The inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEER-SHEBA. Compare Joshua 19:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZIKLAG. Given later to David by the Philistines (1 Samuel 27:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE REIGN OF DAVID. The Codex _Hilleli,_ with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "unto king David".... [ Continue Reading ]
BAAL. Another name for Baalath-beer in Joshua 19:8. THEIR GENEALOGY: or, "and they had their own genealogical register. ... [ Continue Reading ]
WRITTEN BY NAME: i.e. in the foregoing list. THE HABITATIONS. Maonites, or Mehumims (2 Chronicles 26:7). Compare 1 Chronicles 20:1 and Judges 10:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIVE HUNDRED. If these could accomplish such things, what could not the whole of Israel have done? Compare 1 Chronicles 4:10 with 1 Chronicles 5:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST OF THE AMALEKITES. Not all destroyed in 1 Samuel 15:8. A number survived. Compare 1 Samuel 27:8. 1Sa 30:1. 2 Samuel 8:12.Esther 3:1. See note on Exodus 17:16. UNTO THIS DAY. Evidently not disturbed by the king of Babylon in the deportation of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]