Text -- 1 Chronicles 4:9 (NET)

4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 4:9

¹ tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”