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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 2:42-55 -- More of Caleb's Descendants

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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" ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• Zabad

  [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...
  

• 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.
  

• Shallum

  [ebd] retribution. (1.) The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He "conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead" (2 Kings 15:10). He reigned only "a month of days in Samaria" ...
  [smith] (retribution). The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zachariah, killed him, and brought the dynasty of Jehu to a close, B.C. 770. Shallum, after reigning in Samaria for a month only, was in his turn ...
  [nave] SHALLUM 1. King of Israel, 2 Kin. 15:10, 13-15. 2. Husband of Huldah, the prophetess, 2 Kin. 22:14; 2 Chr. 34:22. 3. Son of Sisamai, 1 Chr. 2:40, 41. 4. See: Jehoahaz, 3. 5. Grandson of Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:25. 6. Son of Za...
  

• 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.
  

• Shaaph

  [isbe] SHAAPH - shy'-af (sha`aph): (1) A son of Jahdai (1 Ch 2:47). (2) The son of Maachah, a concubine of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel. Shaaph is called the "father," or founder, of the city Madmannah (1 Ch 2:48 f).
  [smith] (division). The son of Jahdai. (1 Chronicles 2:47) The son of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:49) (B.C. after 1445.)
  [nave] SHAAPH 1. Son of Jahdai, 1 Chr. 2:47. 2. Son of Caleb, 1 Chr. 2:49.
  

• Ephah

  [ebd] gloom. (1.) One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Gen. 25:4). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned Isa. 60:6, 7. This city, with its surrounding territory, formed part of Midian, on t...
  [smith] Concubine of Caleb, in the line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:46) Son of Jahdai; also in the line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:47)
  [nave] EPHAH 1. A son of Midian, Gen. 25:4; 1 Chr. 1:33; Isa. 60:6. 2. Caleb's concubine, 1 Chr. 2:46. 3. Son of Jahdai, 1 Chr. 2:47. 4. A measure of about three pecks. See: Measure, Dry.
  

• Jarha

  [isbe] JARHA - jar'-ha (yarcha`, meaning unknown): An Egyptian slave of Shesham, about Eli's time (compare HPN, 235), who married his master's daughter, and became the founder of a house of the Jerahmeelites (1 Ch 2:34 ff).
  [smith] the Egyptian servant of Sheshan, about the time of Eli, to whom his master gave his daughter and heir in marriage; (1 Chronicles 2:34,35) (B.C. before 1491.)
  [nave] JARHA, an Egyptian, 1 Chr. 2:34, 35.
  

• Azariah

  [isbe] AZARIAH - az-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, "Yahweh has helped"): (1) King of Judah. See UZZIAH. (2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (1 Ch 2:8). (3) The son of Jehu, descended from an Egyptian through the daughter...
  [smith] (whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with ...
  [nave] AZARIAH 1. Son of Ethan, 1 Chr. 2:8. 2. Son of Jehu, 1 Chr. 2:38, 39. 3. Son of Zadok, 1 Kin. 4:2; perhaps identical with No. 6, below. 4. Captain of Solomon's guards, 1 Kin. 4:5. 5. A prophet, called Oded, 2 Chr. 15:1; ...
  

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