Chapter 4

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am 2283, etc. bc 1721, etc

Pharez 1Chr 2:5; Gen 38:29, Gen 46:12; Num 26:20-21; Ruth 4:18; Matt 1:3; Luke 3:33, Phares, Esrom

Carmi 1Chr 2:9, Chelubai, 1Chr 2:18, Caleb


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Reaiah 1Chr 2:52, Haroeh

Zorathites 1Chr 2:53-54; Josh 15:33; Judg 13:25


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Etam Judg 15:11; 2Chr 11:6


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Gedor 1Chr 4:18, 1Chr 4:39; Josh 15:36

Hur 1Chr 2:19, 1Chr 2:50


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1Chr 2:24


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Probably Jabez should be mentioned here; as otherwise he is as a consequent without an antecedent.


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more Gen 34:19; Isa 43:4; Acts 17:11

Jabez i.e. Sorrowful

I bare him 1Chr 7:23; Gen 3:16, Gen 35:18; 1Sam 4:21


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called 1Chr 16:8; Gen 12:8; Job 12:4; Ps 55:16, Ps 99:6, Ps 116:2-4; Jer 33:3; Rom 10:12-14; 1Cor 1:2

the God Gen 32:28, Gen 33:20; 1Sam 1:17; Isa 41:17

Oh that etc. Heb. If thou wilt, etc. Luke 19:42

bless me Gen 12:2, Gen 32:26; Ps 72:17; Acts 3:26; Eph 1:3

enlarge Josh 17:14-18; Judg 1:27-36; Prov 10:22

thine hand Ps 119:173; Isa 41:10; John 10:28

that thou Gen 48:16; Prov 30:8; Matt 6:13; Rom 12:9, Rom 16:19; 2Tim 4:18

keep me Heb. do me

that it may Ps 32:3-4, Ps 51:8, Ps 51:12; Matt 26:75; John 21:17; 2Cor 2:1-7; Eph 4:30; Rev 3:19

God granted 1Kgs 3:7-13; Job 22:27-28; Ps 21:4, Ps 65:2, Ps 66:19-20, Ps 116:1-2; Matt 7:7-11; Eph 3:20


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Irnahash or, the city of Nahash, 1Chr 4:12


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Kenaz Josh 15:17; Judg 1:13, Judg 3:9-11

Hathath or, Hathath and Meonathai, who begat, etc


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valley or, inhabitants of the valley

Charashim that is, craftsmen. 2Kgs 24:14; Neh 11:35


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Caleb Num 13:6, Num 13:30, Num 14:6-10, Num 14:24, Num 14:30; Josh 14:6-14, Josh 15:13-20; Judg 1:12-14

Kenaz or, Uknaz


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Ezra Ezra seems to be the person before called Asareel in 1Chr 4:16.

and she bare Miriam It is probable that the latter part of 1Chr 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 1Chr 4:19, 1Chr 6:57; Josh 15:50, Eshtemoh, 1Chr 21:24; 1Sam 30:28


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Jehudijah i.e. Jewess, H3057, 1Chr 4:19

Jered 1Chr 1:2

the father of 1Chr 4:4, 1Chr 4:39, 1Chr 2:42; Josh 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, H7755. 1Chr 4:18; 2Chr 11:7, Shocho, 1Chr 28:18, Also, Josh 15:35, Josh 15:48; 1Sam 17:1; 1Kgs 4:10

Jekuthiel i.e. the fear or veneration or preservation of God; God is almightiness, H3354, Josh 15:34

Bithiah i.e. worshiper of Jah; daughter of Jah, H1332. daughter of Pharaoh. 1Kgs 3:1, 1Kgs 3:6, 1Kgs 7:8, 1Kgs 9:16, 1Kgs 9:24; 2Chr 8:11

Mered 1Chr 4:17


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Hodiah or, Jehudijah, mentioned before, 1Chr 4:18

Keilah Josh 15:44; 1Sam 23:1-13


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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.


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Shelah 1Chr 2:3, 1Chr 9:5; Gen 38:5, Gen 46:12; Num 26:20; Neh 11:5, Shiloni


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1Chr 4:14; Ps 81:6


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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; Exod 6:15, Jemuel

Jarib Num 26:12-14, Jachin

Zerah Gen 46:10, Zohar


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like to Heb. unto, Num 2:4, Num 2:13, Num 26:14, Num 26:22


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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. Josh 15:28-29, Josh 19:2-3, Josh 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.


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Bilhah Josh 19:3, Balah-Azem

Tolad Josh 19:4, Eltolad


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Bethuel Josh 19:4, Bethul

Ziklag 1Chr 12:1; Josh 15:31, Josh 19:5; 1Sam 27:6, 1Sam 30:1; Neh 11:28


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and Hazarsusim Josh 19:5-6, Hazar-susah, Beth-lebaoth, Sharuhen


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Etam Ether, or Etham, was situated near Malatha, according to Eusebius. Josh 19:7, Ether, Remmon

Ashan Eusebius say Beth-ashan was sixteen miles west of Jerusalem.


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Baal Josh 19:8, Baalath-beer

their genealogy or, as they divided themselves by nations among them


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mentioned by their names Heb. coming by names, 1Chr 5:24; Gen 6:4


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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 1Chr 4:4, 1Chr 4:18; Josh 12:13, Geder, Josh 15:58


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the land Judg 18:7-10

Ham These were probably either Philistines or Egyptians, who dwelt at Gedor. Gen 9:22-29, Gen 10:6; Ps 78:51, Ps 105:23


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these written 1Chr 4:33-38

Hezekiah 2Kgs 18:8-12; Isa 14:28-32

the habitations Or, the Meunnim, or Maonites. Judg 10:12; Jer 49:20; Acts 17:26

pasture Num 32:1-4


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mount Seir Gen 36:8-9; Deut 1:2


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the rest That is, those who escaped in the war which Saul, and afterwards David, made against them. Exod 17:14-16; Deut 25:17-19; 1Sam 15:7-8, 1Sam 30:17; 2Sam 8:12

unto this day Deut 34:6; Judg 1:26; 2Chr 5:9; Jer 44:6; Matt 27:8, Matt 28:15


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