1 Chronicles 2:42

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, ¹  the father of Hebron.

1 Chronicles 5:8

5:8 and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel.

They lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.

1 Chronicles 6:10

6:10 Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as a priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem. ² 

1 Chronicles 11:20

11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three ³  elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear ⁴  and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 11:25

11:25 He received honor from ⁶  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

1 Chronicles 20:6

20:6 In a battle in Gath ⁷  there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot – twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

1 Chronicles 22:10

22:10 He will build a temple to honor me; ⁸  he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 26:26

26:26 Shelomith ¹⁰  and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers.

1 Chronicles 27:32

27:32 Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe; ¹¹ 

Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for ¹²  the king’s sons.

1 Chronicles 28:6

28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

1 Chronicles 29:16

29:16 O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

¹ tc Heb “and the sons of Mareshah,” but this does not fit contextually. Perhaps the text originally had וּבְנוֹ מִשְׁנֶה מָרֵשָׁה (uvÿno mishneh mareshah, “and his second son, Mareshah”), with מִשְׁנֶה (“second”) later accidentally falling out by homoioteleuton (cf. the note in BHS here).

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³ tc The Syriac reads “thirty” here and at the beginning of v. 21; this reading is followed by some English translations (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

⁴ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”

⁵ tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”

⁴ tn Or “more than.”

⁵ tn Heb “and there was another battle, in Gath.”

⁶ tn Heb “for my name.”

⁷ tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”

⁷ tc The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading (Qere) of v. 25.

⁸ tn Heb “was an adviser, a man of insight, and a scribe.”

⁹ tn Heb “[was] with” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “tutored”; NRSV “attended”; NLT “was responsible to teach.’