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Text -- 1 Chronicles 2:42-55 (NET)
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More of Caleb’s Descendants
2:42 The sons of Caleb , Jerahmeel’s brother : His firstborn Mesha , the father of Ziph , and his second son Mareshah , the father of Hebron .
2:43 The sons of Hebron : Korah , Tappuah , Rekem , and Shema .
2:44 Shema was the father of Raham , the father of Jorkeam . Rekem was the father of Shammai .
2:45 Shammai’s son was Maon , who was the father of Beth-Zur .
2:46 Caleb’s concubine Ephah bore Haran , Moza , and Gazez . Haran was the father of Gazez .
2:47 The sons of Jahdai : Regem , Jotham , Geshan , Pelet , Ephah , and Shaaph .
2:48 Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah .
2:49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea . Caleb’s daughter was Achsah .
2:50 These were the descendants of Caleb . The sons of Hur , the firstborn of Ephrath : Shobal , the father of Kiriath Jearim ,
2:51 Salma , the father of Bethlehem , Hareph , the father of Beth-Gader .
2:52 The sons of Shobal , the father of Kiriath Jearim , were Haroeh , half of the Manahathites ,
2:53 the clans of Kiriath Jearim – the Ithrites , Puthites , Shumathites , and Mishraites . (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)
2:54 The sons of Salma : Bethlehem , the Netophathites , Atroth Beth-Joab , half the Manahathites , the Zorites ,
2:55 and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez : the Tirathites , Shimeathites , and Sucathites . These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath , the father of Beth-Rechab .
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GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B |
Genealogy |
Polygamy |
Jacob |
AARON |
MAON; MAONITES |
CALEB |
Shobal |
Rekem |
Ephah |
Shaaph |
Shammai |
Hebron |
Hemath |
Jabez |
Sheva |
Raham |
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:42 Heb “and the sons of Mareshah,” but this does not fit contextually. Perhaps the text originally had וּבְנ...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:50 The Hebrew text reads “Ephrathah” here, but see v. 19, which mentions “Ephrath” as the wife of Hur.
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