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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

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• 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...
  

• 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" ...
  

• Genealogy

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• 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...
  

• Polygamy

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• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

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• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Obed

  [ebd] serving; worshipping. (1.) A son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:21, 22), and the grandfather of David (Matt. 1:5). (2.) 1 Chr. 2:34-38. (3.) 1 Chr. 26:7. (4.) 2 Chr. 23:1.
  [isbe] OBED - o'-bed (`obhedh, "worshipper"; in the New Testament Iobed): (1) Son of Boaz and Ruth and grandfather of David (Ruth 4:17,21,22; 1 Ch 2:12; Mt 1:5; Lk 3:32). (2) Son of Ephlal and descendant of Sheshan, the Jerahmeelit...
  [smith] (serving). Son of Boaz and Ruth the Moabitess and father of Jesse. (Ruth 4:17) (B.C. 1360.) The circumstances of his birth which make up all that we know about him are given with much beauty in the book of Ruth. The name of ...
  [nave] OBED 1. Son of Boaz and grandfather of David, Ruth 4:17-22; 1 Chr. 2:12; Matt. 1:5; Luke 3:32. 2. Son of Ephlal and grandson of Zabad, 1 Chr. 2:37, 38. 3. One of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:47. 4. Son of Shemaiah. A gatekee...
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• Shobal

  [ebd] pilgrim. (1.) The second son of Seir the Horite; one of the Horite "dukes" (Gen. 36:20). (2.) One of the sons of Caleb, and a descendant of Hur (1 Chr. 2:50, 52; 4:1, 2).
  [isbe] SHOBAL - sho'-bal (shobhal, "overflowing"; Sobal, with variants): (1) An Edomite name mentioned in connection with Lotan, Zibeon and Anah, as that of a "son" of Seir (Gen 36:20), the father of a clan (Gen 36:23), and a Horit...
  [smith] (flowing). Second son of Seir the Horite, (Genesis 36:20; 1 Chronicles 1:38) and one of the "dukes" of the Horites (Genesis 36:29) Son of Caleb the son of Hur and founder or prince of Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:50...
  [nave] SHOBAL 1. Son of Seir, Gen. 36:20, 23, 29; 1 Chr. 1:38, 40. 2. Son of Caleb, 1 Chr. 2:50, 52. 3. Son of Judah, 1 Chr. 4:1, 2.
  

• 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...
  

• Rekem

  [ebd] embroidered; variegated. (1.) One of the five Midianite kings whom the Israelites destroyed (Num. 31:8). (2.) One of the sons of Hebron (1 Chr. 2:43, 44). (3.) A town of Benjamin (Josh. 18:27).
  [isbe] REKEM - re'-kem (rekem, "friendship"): (1) One of the five kings of Midian slain by the Israelites under Moses (Nu 31:8; Josh 13:21 (Codex Vaticanus Rhobok; Codex Alexandrinus Rhokom)). Like his companions, he is called a "k...
  [smith] (variegation). One of the five kings or chieftains of Midian slain by the Israelites. (Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21) One of the four sons of Hebron, and father of Shammai. (1 Chronicles 2:43,44)
  [nave] REKEM 1. A king of the Midianites, slain by the Israelites, Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:21. 2. A son of Hebron, 1 Chr. 2:43, 44. 3. A city in Benjamin, Josh. 18:27.
  

• Abishur

  [ebd] father of the wall; i.e., "mason", one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:28,29).
  [isbe] ABISHUR - a-bi'-shur ('abhishur, "my father is a wall"): Great-grandson of Jerahmeel and Atarah, Jerahmeel being great-grandson of Judah. Abishur was son of Shammai, and was the husband of Abihail, and the father of sons (1 ...
  [smith] (father of the wall), son of Shammai. (1 Chronicles 2:28)
  [nave] ABISHUR, son of Shammai, 1 Chr. 2:28, 29.
  

• Jada

  [isbe] JADA - ja'-da (yadha`, "the knowing one"): Son of Onam and grandson of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah (1 Ch 2:26,28,32).
  [smith] (wise), son of Onam and brother of Shammai, in the genealogy of the sons of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah. (1 Chronicles 2:28,32) (B.C. after 1445.)
  [nave] JADA 1 Chr. 2:28, 32
  

• Nadab

  [ebd] liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron's four sons (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as priests of Jehovah (Ex. 28:1). He afterwards perished with Abihu for the sin of offering...
  [isbe] NADAB - na'-dab (nadhabh, "noble"; Nadab): (1) Aaron's first-born son (Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2; 26:60; 1 Ch 6:3 (Hebrew 5:29); 24:1). He was permitted with Moses, Aaron, the 70 elders, and his brother Abihu to ascend Mt. Sinai and b...
  [smith] (liberal). The eldest son of Aaron and Elisheba. Exod 8 13 Numb 3:2. (B.C. 1490.) He, his father and brother, and seventy old men of Israel were led out from the midst of the assembled people, (Exodus 24:1) and were commende...
  [nave] NADAB 1. Son of Aaron, Ex. 6:23. Called to Mount Sinai with Moses and Aaron to worship, Ex. 24:1, 9, 10. Set apart to priesthood, Ex. 28:1, 4, 40-43. Offers strange fire to God, and is destroyed, Lev. 10:1, 2; Num. 3:4; 2...
  

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