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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 4:20 (NET)
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Amnon
[ebd] faithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr. 4:20; comp. 17). (2.) The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chr. 3:1; 2 Sam. 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great cr...
[isbe] AMNON - am'-non ('amnon, "faithful"; compare 'aminon, 2 Sam 13:20, which is probably a diminutive. Wellhausen (IJG, II, 24, note 2) resolves 'amiynown into 'immi, and nun, "my mother is the serpent"; compare NUN): (1) The el...
[smith] (faithful). Eldest son of David. (B.C. 1052.) He dishonored his half-sister Tamar, and was in consequence murdered by her brother. (2Â Samuel 13:1-29) Son of Shimon. (1Â Chronicles 4:20)
[nave] AMNON 1. Son of David, 2 Sam. 3:2; 1 Chr. 3:1. Incest of, and death, 2 Sam. 13. 2. Son of Shimon, 1 Chr. 4:20.
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Zoheth
[ebd] snatching (?), one of the sons of Ishi (1 Chr. 4:20).
[isbe] ZOHETH - zo'-heth (zocheth, meaning unknown): A Judahite (1 Ch 4:20). The name after "Ben-zoheth" at the end of the verse has fallen out. See BEN-ZOHETH.
[smith] son of Ishi of the tribe of Judah. (1Â Chronicles 4:20)
[nave] ZOHETH, son of Ishi, 1 Chr. 4:20.
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Tilon
[isbe] TILON - ti'-lon (tilon; Kethibh, Qere; Codex Vaticanus Inon; Codex Alexandrinus Thilan; Lucian Tholeim: A son of Shimon (1 Ch 4:20).
[smith] (gift), one of the four sons of Shimon, whose family is reckoned in the genealogies of Judah. (1Â Chronicles 4:20) (B.C. 1451.)
[nave] TILON, son of Shimon, 1 Chr. 4:20.
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Shimon
[isbe] SHIMON - shi'-mon (shimon; Codex Vaticanus Semion, Codex Alexandrinus Semeion; Lucian, Sami): A name in the Judahite genealogy (1 Ch 4:20).
[smith] (desert). The four sons of Shimon are enumerated in an obscure genealogy of the tribe of Judah. (1Â Chronicles 4:20)
[nave] SHIMON, a man of Judah, 1 Chr. 4:20.
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Ben-hanan
[isbe] BEN-HANAN - ben-ha'-nan (ben-chanan, "son of grace"): A son of Shimon of the house of Judah (1 Ch 4:20).
[nave] BEN-HANAN, a son of Shimon, 1 Chr. 4:20.
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Ishi
[smith] (salutary). A man of the descendants of Judah, son of Appaim, (1Â Chronicles 2:31) one of the great house of Hezron. In a subsequent genealogy of Judah we find another Ishi, with a son Zoheth. (1Â Chronicles 4:20) Head o...
[nave] ISHI 1. A name of Deity, Hos. 2:16. 2. A son of Appaim, 1 Chr. 2:31. 3. A descendant of Judah, 1 Chr. 4:20. 4. A Simeonite, 1 Chr. 4:42. 5. One of the heads of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24.
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RINNAH
[isbe] RINNAH - rin'-a (rinnah, "praise to God"; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Ana; Codex Alexandrinus Rhannon): A Judahite, according to Massoretic Text a son of Shimon (1 Ch 4:20). But the Septuagint makes him a son of Hanan (Codex...
[smith] (a shout), one of the descendants of Judah. (1Â Chronicles 4:20) (B.C. 1300.)
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Ben-zoheth
[isbe] BEN-ZOHETH - ben-zo'-heth (ben-zoheth, "son of Zoheth," from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong(?)"): A son of Ishi of the house of Judah (1 Ch 4:20).
[nave] BEN-ZOHETH, son of Ishi, 1 Chr. 4:20.
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Riah
[nave] RIAH, a son of Shimon, 1 Chr. 4:20.
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Israel
[nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
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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...
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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...
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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; ...
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BENHANAN
[smith] (son of the gracious), son of Shimon, in the line of Judah. (1Â Chronicles 4:20)
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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 ...
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ISHI (1)
[isbe] ISHI (1) - ish'-i (yish`i, "salutary"): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Ch 2:31); the genealogy may denote his membership by blood, or only by adoption, in the tribe of Judah. (2) A Judahite (1 Ch 4:20). (3) A Simeonite, whose sons le...
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CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF
[isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
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BENZOHETH
[smith] (son of Zoheth), a descendant of Judah. (1Â Chronicles 4:20)
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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)
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Chronicles covers a broader period of history than any other Old Testament book. It begins with Adam and ends with Anani who lived eight generations after King Jehoiachin (1 Chron. 3:24). If we allow 25 years for each generat...
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I. Israel's historical roots chs. 1-9A. The lineage of David chs. 1-3B. The house of Israel chs. 4-71. The family of Judah 4:1-232. The family of Simeon 4:24-433. The families of Transjordan ch. 54. The family of Levi ch. 65....
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"The fact that the author of 1 and 2 Chronicles devoted nine chapters out of sixty-five to genealogies (1 Chr 1-9) makes clear that these were of great importance to him and bear significantly on his purpose in writing his wo...
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This list clearly defines the priests and Levites' line of descent. Only the descendants of Aaron, the priests, could serve in the temple by offering sacrifices on the incense altar (v. 49; cf. Num. 3:5-38). Nehemiah correctl...
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The tribes the writer listed were Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher. Why did he omit Dan and Zebulun? The inclusion of these tribes would have resulted in a total of 14 tribes since he had counted Lev...
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This list obviously parallels to some extent David's genealogy (chs. 1-3). Saul came from the tribe of Benjamin, not from the tribe of Judah that God had promised leadership of the nation. One reason the writer had an interes...
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Matthew began his Gospel with a record of Jesus' genealogy because the Christians claimed that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. To qualify as such He had to be a Jew from the royal line of David (Isa. 9:6-...
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