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2:24 After <0310> Hezron’s <02696> death <04194>, Caleb <03613> had sexual relations with Ephrath <03613>, his father Hezron’s <02696> widow <0802>, and she bore <03205> to him Ashhur <0806> the father <01> of Tekoa <08620>. 2:25 The sons <01121> of Jerahmeel <03396>, Hezron’s <02696> firstborn <01060>, were Ram <07410>, the firstborn <01060>, Bunah <0946>, Oren <0767>, Ozem <0684>, and Ahijah <0281>. 2:26 Jerahmeel <03396> had <01961> another <0312> wife <0802> named <08034> Atarah <05851>; she <01931> was Onam’s <0208> mother <0517>. 2:27 The sons <01121> of Ram <07410>, Jerahmeel’s <03396> firstborn <01060>, were Maaz <04619>, Jamin <03226>, and Eker <06134>. 2:28 The sons <01121> of Onam <0208> were Shammai <08060> and Jada <03047>. The sons <01121> of Shammai <08060>: Nadab <05070> and Abishur <051>. 2:29 Abishur’s <051> wife <0802> was Abihail <032>, who bore <03205> him Ahban <0257> and Molid <04140>. 2:30 The sons <01121> of Nadab <05070>: Seled <05540> and Appaim <0649>. (Seled <05540> died <04191> without having sons <01121>.) 2:31 The son <01121> of Appaim <0649>: Ishi <03469>. The son <01121> of Ishi <03469>: Sheshan <08348>. The son <01121> of Sheshan <08348>: Ahlai <0304>. 2:32 The sons <01121> of Jada <03047>, Shammai’s <08060> brother <0251>: Jether <03500> and Jonathan <03129>. (Jether <03500> died <04191> without <03808> having sons <01121>.) 2:33 The sons <01121> of Jonathan <03129>: Peleth <06431> and Zaza <02117>. These <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Jerahmeel <03396>. 2:34 Sheshan <08348> had no <03808> sons <01121>, only <0518> daughters <01323>. Sheshan <08348> had an Egyptian <04713> servant <05650> named <08034> Jarha <03398>. 2:35 Sheshan <08348> gave <05414> his daughter <01323> to his servant <05650> Jarha <03398> as a wife <0802>; she bore <03205> him Attai <06262>. 2:36 Attai <06262> was the father <03205> of Nathan <05416>, and Nathan <05416> was the father <03205> of Zabad <02066>. 2:37 Zabad <02066> was the father <03205> of Ephlal <0654>, and Ephlal <0654> was the father <03205> of Obed <05744>. 2:38 Obed <05744> was the father <03205> of Jehu <03058>, and Jehu <03058> was the father <03205> of Azariah <05838>. 2:39 Azariah <05838> was the father <03205> of Helez <02503>, and Helez <02503> was the father <03205> of Eleasah <0501>. 2:40 Eleasah <0501> was the father <03205> of Sismai <05581>, and Sismai <05581> was the father <03205> of Shallum <07967>. 2:41 Shallum <07967> was the father <03205> of Jekamiah <03359>, and Jekamiah <03359> was the father <03205> of Elishama <0476>. 2:42 The sons <01121> of Caleb <03612>, Jerahmeel’s <03396> brother <0251>: His firstborn <01060> Mesha <04337>, the father <01> of Ziph <02128>, and his second son <01121> Mareshah <04762>, the father <01> of Hebron <02275>. 2:43 The sons <01121> of Hebron <02275>: Korah <07141>, Tappuah <08599>, Rekem <07552>, and Shema <08087>. 2:44 Shema <08087> was the father <03205> of Raham <07357>, the father <01> of Jorkeam <03421>. Rekem <07552> was the father <03205> of Shammai <08060>. 2:45 Shammai’s <08060> son <01121> was Maon <04584>, who was the father <01> of Beth-Zur <01049>. 2:46 Caleb’s <03612> concubine <06370> Ephah <05891> bore <03205> Haran <02771>, Moza <04162>, and Gazez <01495>. Haran <02771> was the father <03205> of Gazez <01495>. 2:47 The sons <01121> of Jahdai <03056>: Regem <07276>, Jotham <03147>, Geshan <01529>, Pelet <06404>, Ephah <05891>, and Shaaph <08174>. 2:48 Caleb’s <03612> concubine <06370> Maacah <04601> bore <03205> Sheber <07669> and Tirhanah <08647>. 2:49 She also bore <03205> Shaaph <08174> the father <01> of Madmannah <04089> and Sheva <07724> the father <01> of Machbenah <04343> and Gibea <01388>. Caleb’s <03612> daughter <01323> was Achsah <05915>. 2:50 These <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Caleb <03612>. The sons <01121> of Hur <02354>, the firstborn <01060> of Ephrath <0672>: Shobal <07732>, the father <01> of Kiriath Jearim <07157>, 2:51 Salma <08007>, the father <01> of Bethlehem <01035>, Hareph <02780>, the father <01> of Beth-Gader <01013>. 2:52 The sons <01121> of Shobal <07732>, the father <01> of Kiriath Jearim <07157>, were Haroeh <07204>, half <02677> of the Manahathites <02679>, 2:53 the clans <04940> of Kiriath Jearim <07157>– the Ithrites <03505>, Puthites <06336>, Shumathites <08126>, and Mishraites <04954>. (The Zorathites <06882> and Eshtaolites <0848> descended from <03318> these <0428> groups.) 2:54 The sons <01121> of Salma <08007>: Bethlehem <01035>, the Netophathites <05200>, Atroth Beth-Joab <05854>, half <02677> the Manahathites <02680>, the Zorites <06882>, 2:55 and the clans <04940> of the scribes <05608> who lived <03427> in Jabez <03258>: the Tirathites <08654>, Shimeathites <08101>, and Sucathites <07756>. These are the Kenites <07017> who descended <0935> from Hammath <02575>, the father <01> of Beth-Rechab <07394> <01004>.

• 1Ch 2:25-41 -- Jerahmeel's Descendants
• 1Ch 2:42-55 -- More of Caleb's Descendants

• Zabad

  [ebd] gift. (1.) One of David's valiant men (1 Chr. 11:41), the descendant of Ahlai, of the "children of Sheshan" (2:31). (2.) A descendant of Tahath (7:21). (3.) The son of Shemath. He conspired against Joash, king of Judah, and ...
  [isbe] ZABAD - za'-bad (zabhadh, perhaps a contraction for (1) zebhadhyah, "Yahweh has given," i.e. Zebadiah; or (2) zabhdi'el, "El (God) is my gift" (HPN, 222 f); Zabed(t), with many variants): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Ch 2:36,37), s...
  [smith] (gift). Son of Nathan son of Attai, son of Ahlai Sheshan?s daughter, (1 Chronicles 2:31-37) and hence called son of Ahlai. (1 Chronicles 11:41) (B.C. 1046.) He was one of David?s mighty men but none of his deeds have b...
  [nave] ZABAD 1. Son of Nathan, 1 Chr. 2:36, 37. 2. An Ephraimite, 1 Chr. 7:21. 3. One of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 11:41. 4. An assassin of King Joash, 2 Chr. 24:26; 25:3, 4. Called Jozachar in 2 Kin. 12:21. 5. Three Israeli...
  

• Sheshan

  [isbe] SHESHAN - she'-shan (sheshan; Sosan): A Jerahmeelite whose daughter married his servant Jarha (1 Ch 2:31,34,35). The genealogical list which follows embraces some very early names (compare Curtis, ICC, at the place).
  [smith] (Noble), a descendant of Jerahmeel the son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:31,34,35) (B.C. after 1690.)
  [nave] SHESHAN, a descendant of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:31, 34, 35.
  

• Shammai

  [isbe] SHAMMAI - sham'a-i, sham'-i (shammay): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Ch 2:28,32). (2) The son of Rekem and father of Maon (1 Ch 2:44 ff). (3) A Judahite (1 Ch 4:17).
  [smith] (desolate). The son of Onam. (1 Chronicles 2:28,32) Son of Rekem. (1 Chronicles 2:44,45) One of the descendants of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:17)
  [nave] SHAMMAI 1. Son of Onam, 1 Chr. 2:28, 32. 2. Father of Maon, 1 Chr. 2:44, 45. 3. Son of Ezra, 1 Chr. 4:17.
  

• Ram

  [ebd] exalted. (1.) The son of Hezron, and one of the ancestors of the royal line (Ruth 4:19). The margin of 1 Chr. 2:9, also Matt. 1:3, 4 and Luke 3:33, have "Aram." (2.) One of the sons of Jerahmeel (1 Chr. 2:25, 27). (3.) A per...
  [nave] RAM 1. Son of Hezron and an ancestor of Jesus, Ruth 4:19; 1 Chr. 2:9, 10. Called Aram, Matt. 1:3, 4; Luke 3:33. 2. Son of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:25, 27. 3. An ancestor, probably of Elihu, mentioned in Job 32:2. 4. A sheep. ...
  

• Polygamy

  [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
  

• PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B

  [isbe] PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B - 4. Central Palestine: (1) Jerusalem. See above, III, 1, (2). (2) Samaria. (Harvard Expedition).--Although the ancient capital of the Northern Kingdom, yet Samaria was Centrally located, being 20 m...
  

• MAON; MAONITES

  [isbe] MAON; MAONITES - ma'-on, ma'-on-its, ma-o'-nits (ma`on; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maor, Maan; Codex Alexandrinus Maon): (1) A town in the mountain of Judah named along with Carmel and Ziph (Josh 15:55). It appears again as...
  

• Jacob

  [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
  

• JERAHMEEL; JERAHMEELITES

  [isbe] JERAHMEEL; JERAHMEELITES - je-ra'-me-el, je-ra'-me-el-its (yerachme'el, "may God have compassion!"): (1) In 1 Ch 2:9,25,26,27,33,42, he is described as the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah by Tamar his daugh...
  

• JERAHMEEL

  [ebd] loving God. (1.) The son of Hezron, the brother of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:9, 25, 26, etc.). (2.) The son of Kish, a Levite (1 Chr. 24:29). (3.) Son of Hammelech (Jer. 36:26).
  [smith] (mercy of God). First-born son of hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, (1 Chronicles 2:9,25-27,33,42) and founder of the family of Jerahmeelites. (1 Samuel 27:10) (B.C. before 1491.) A Merarite Levite, the repr...
  

• Hebron

  [ebd] a community; alliance. (1.) A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. It was built "seven years before Zoan in ...
  [nave] HEBRON 1. A city of Asher, Josh. 19:28. 2. A city of Judah, S. of Jerusalem. When built, Num. 13:22. Fortified, 2 Chr. 11:10. Called Kirjath-arba, Gen. 23:2; Arba, Gen. 35:27; Josh. 15:13. Abraham dwells and Sarah dies a...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 1

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 - 8. Principal Genealogies and Lists: In the early genealogies the particular strata to which each has been assigned by reconstructive critics is here indicated by J, the Priestly Code (P), etc. The signs...
  

• Concubinage

  [nave] CONCUBINAGE. Laws Concerning Ex. 21:7-11; Lev. 19:20-22; Deut. 21:10-14. Concubines might be dismissed, Gen. 21:9-14. Called Wives, Gen. 37:2; Judg. 19:3-5. Children of, not heirs, Gen. 15:4; 21:10. Practiced by Abraha...
  

• CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - kro-nol'-o-ji: I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Difficulties of the Subject 2. Plan of Treatment 3. Bible to be Regarded as Highest Authority II. THE AGES BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS III. PERSIAN PERIOD IV. BA...
  

• CALEB

  [ebd] a dog. (1.) One of the three sons of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He is also called Chelubai (1 Chr. 2:9). His descendants are enumerated (18-20, 42-49). (2.) A "son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah" (1 Chr. 2:50). Some wo...
  [smith] (capable). According to (1 Chronicles 2:9,18,19,42,50) the son of Hezron the son of Pharez the son of Judah, and the father of Hur, and consequently grandfather of Caleb the spy. (B.C. about 1600.) Son of Jephunneh, one o...
  

• Ahlai

  [isbe] AHLAI - a'-li ('achlay "O would that!"): (1) A Son of Sheshan (1 Ch 2:31) or according to 1 Ch 2:34 a daughter of Sheshan, for here we read: "Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters." (2) The father of Zabad, a soldier in Dav...
  [nave] AHLAI 1. Daughter of Sheshan, 1 Chr. 2:31, 34, 35. 2. Father of Zabad, 1 Chr. 11:41.
  

• AHLAI, OR AHLAI

  [smith] (ornamental) daughter of Sheshan, whom, having no issue, he gave in marriage to his Egyptian slave Jarha. (1 Chronicles 2:31,35) From her were descended Zabad, one of David?s mighty men, (1 Chronicles 11:41) and Aza-ria...
  

• AARON

  [isbe] AARON - ar'-un, sometimes pronounced ar'on ('aharon--Septuagint Aaron, meaning uncertain: Gesenius suggests "mountaineer"; Furst, "enlightened"; others give "rich," "fluent." Cheyne mentions Redslob's "ingenious conjecture" ...
  

• Samuel, Kings, Chronicles: Genealogies

  

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