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1 Chronicles Chapter 4
Overview
Ch1 4:1, The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur; Ch1 4:5, Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron; Ch1 4:9, Of Jabez, and his prayer; Ch1 4:11, The other families of the same stock; Ch1 4:21, The sons of Shelah; Ch1 4:24, The posterity and cities of Simeon; Ch1 4:39, Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir.
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Pharez: Ch1 2:5; Gen 38:29, Gen 46:12; Num 26:20, Num 26:21; Rut 4:18; Mat 1:3; Luk 3:33, Phares, Esrom
Carmi: Ch1 2:9, Chelubai, Ch1 2:18, Caleb
Reaiah: Ch1 2:52, Haroeh
Zorathites: Ch1 2:53, Ch1 2:54; Jos 15:33; Jdg 13:25
Gedor: Ch1 4:18, Ch1 4:39; Jos 15:36
Probably Jabez should be mentioned here; as otherwise he is as a consequent without an antecedent.
more: Gen 34:19; Isa 43:4; Act 17:11
Jabez: i.e. Sorrowful
I bare him: Ch1 7:23; Gen 3:16, Gen 35:18; Sa1 4:21
called: Ch1 16:8; Gen 12:8; Job 12:4; Psa 55:16, Psa 99:6, Psa 116:2-4; Jer 33:3; Rom 10:12-14; Co1 1:2
the God: Gen 32:28, Gen 33:20; Sa1 1:17; Isa 41:17
Oh that: etc. Heb. If thou wilt, etc. Luk 19:42
bless me: Gen 12:2, Gen 32:26; Psa 72:17; Act 3:26; Eph 1:3
enlarge: Jos 17:14-18; Jdg 1:27-36; Pro 10:22
thine hand: Psa 119:173; Isa 41:10; Joh 10:28
that thou: Gen 48:16; Pro 30:8; Mat 6:13; Rom 12:9, Rom 16:19; Ti2 4:18
keep me: Heb. do me
that it may: Psa 32:3, Psa 32:4, Psa 51:8, Psa 51:12; Mat 26:75; Joh 21:17; Co2 2:1-7; Eph 4:30; Rev 3:19
God granted: Kg1 3:7-13; Job 22:27, Job 22:28; Psa 21:4, Psa 65:2, Psa 66:19, Psa 66:20, Psa 116:1, Psa 116:2; Mat 7:7-11; Eph 3:20
Irnahash: or, the city of Nahash, Ch1 4:12
Kenaz: Jos 15:17; Jdg 1:13, Jdg 3:9-11
Hathath: or, Hathath and Meonathai, who begat, etc
valley: or, inhabitants of the valley
Charashim: that is, craftsmen. Kg2 24:14; Neh 11:35
Caleb: Num 13:6, Num 13:30, Num 14:6-10, Num 14:24, Num 14:30; Jos 14:6-14, Jos 15:13-20; Jdg 1:12-14
Kenaz: or, Uknaz
Ezra: Ezra seems to be the person before called Asareel in Ch1 4:16.
and she bare Miriam: It is probable that the latter part of Ch1 4:18 should be transposed before this passage, which Michaelis thinks is its right place; for otherwise we have the pronoun she without an antecedent, and children born without their father's being mentioned.
Eshtemoa: Ch1 4:19, Ch1 6:57; Jos 15:50, Eshtemoh, Ch1 21:24; Sa1 30:28
Jehudijah: i.e. Jewess, [Strong's H3057], Ch1 4:19
Jered: Ch1 1:2
the father of: Ch1 4:4, Ch1 4:39, Ch1 2:42; Jos 15:58
Gedor: Gedor was a city in the tribe of Judah; and probably the same which Eusebius calls Κεδους, and Jerome Gedrus, ten miles from Diospolis, or Lydda, towards Eleutheropolis.
Heber: Gen 46:17
Socho: i.e. inclosure; his branch, [Strong's H7755]. Ch1 4:18; Ch2 11:7, Shocho, Ch1 28:18, Also, Jos 15:35, Jos 15:48; Sa1 17:1; Kg1 4:10
Socho Personal Characteristics References 1. A city of Judah Jos 15:35; Sa1 17:1; Kg1 4:10; Ch2 11:7 2. Another city of Judah Jos 15:48 Jekuthiel: i.e. the fear or veneration or preservation of God; God is almightiness, [Strong's H3354], Jos 15:34
Bithiah: i.e. worshiper of Jah; daughter of Jah, [Strong's H1332]. daughter of Pharaoh. Kg1 3:1, Kg1 3:6, Kg1 7:8, Kg1 9:16, Kg1 9:24; Ch2 8:11
Mered: Ch1 4:17
Hodiah: or, Jehudijah, mentioned before, Ch1 4:18
Keilah: Jos 15:44; Sa1 23:1-13
Shimon: Shimon is supposed to have been another son of Mered, by Jehudijah. As this latter name signifies a Jewess, it rather favours the opinion that Bithiah was not a Jewess, but an Egyptian.
Shelah: Ch1 2:3, Ch1 9:5; Gen 38:5, Gen 46:12; Num 26:20; Neh 11:5, Shiloni
The sons of Simeon: This genealogy differs in many particulars from those in the parallel places; probably being occasioned by the same person's having several names.
Nemuel: Gen 46:10; Exo 6:15, Jemuel
Jarib: Num 26:12-14, Jachin
Zerah: Gen 46:10, Zohar
like to: Heb. unto, Num 2:4, Num 2:13, Num 26:14, Num 26:22
Beersheba: Beer-sheba was situated twenty miles south of Hebron, according to Eusebius and Jerome, in whose time it was occupied by a Roman garrison. Jos 15:28, Jos 15:29, Jos 19:2, Jos 19:3, Jos 19:9
Moladah: Probably the same as Malatha, so often mentioned by Eusebius; from whom it appears it was situated about twenty miles from Hebron.
Bilhah: Jos 19:3, Balah-Azem
Tolad: Jos 19:4, Eltolad
Bethuel: Jos 19:4, Bethul
Ziklag: Ch1 12:1; Jos 15:31, Jos 19:5; Sa1 27:6, Sa1 30:1; Neh 11:28
and Hazarsusim: Jos 19:5, Jos 19:6, Hazar-susah, Beth-lebaoth, Sharuhen
Etam: Ether, or Etham, was situated near Malatha, according to Eusebius. Jos 19:7, Ether, Remmon
Ashan: Eusebius say Beth-ashan was sixteen miles west of Jerusalem.
Baal: Jos 19:8, Baalath-beer
their genealogy: or, as they divided themselves by nations among them
mentioned by their names: Heb. coming by names, Ch1 5:24; Gen 6:4
they went: This expedition of the Simeonites took place in the days of Hezekiah, and, as Calmet conjectures, near the time of the captivity of the ten tribes; when the remnant of Simeon would feel themselves obliged to retire more southward into Arabia Petrea, for fear of the Jews, and to seek pasture for their flocks.
Gedor: Ch1 4:4, Ch1 4:18; Jos 12:13, Geder, Jos 15:58
the land: Jdg 18:7-10
Ham: These were probably either Philistines or Egyptians, who dwelt at Gedor. Gen 9:22-29, Gen 10:6; Psa 78:51, Psa 105:23
these written: Ch1 4:33-38
Hezekiah: Kg2 18:8-12; Isa 14:28-32
the habitations: Or, the Meunnim, or Maonites. Jdg 10:12; Jer 49:20; Act 17:26
pasture: Num 32:1-4
mount Seir: Gen 36:8, Gen 36:9; Deu 1:2
the rest: That is, those who escaped in the war which Saul, and afterwards David, made against them. Exo 17:14-16; Deu 25:17-19; Sa1 15:7, Sa1 15:8, Sa1 30:17; Sa2 8:12
unto this day: Deu 34:6; Jdg 1:26; Ch2 5:9; Jer 44:6; Mat 27:8, Mat 28:15