1 Chronicles 1:1--3:24
Seth <08352> [Sheth.]
[Seth. Enosh.]
[Enos.]
Kenan <07018> [Kenan.]
[Cainan. Mahalaleel.]
[Maleleel. Jered.]
[Jared.]
Enoch <02585> [Henoch.]
[Enoch. Methuselah.]
[Mathusala. Lamech.]
Noah <05146> [Noah.]
[Noe.]
Shem <08035> [Shem.]
Ashkenaz <0813> [Ashchenaz.]
[Ashkenaz. Riphath. or Diphath, as it is in some copies.]
Tarshish <08659> [Tarshish.]
Kittites <03794> [Kittim.]
These, and other words ending in {im,} forming the Hebrew plural, are not the names of individuals, but of nations.
[Chittim. Dodanim. or, Rodanim, according to some copies.]
sons <01121> [sons.]
Put <06316> [Put.]
[Phut.]
Caphtorites <03732> [Caphthorim.]
Canaan <03667> [Canaan.]
[Sidon. Heth.]
Jebusites <02983> [Jebusite.]
Amorites <0567> [Amorite.]
Girgashites <01622> [Girgashite.]
Hivites <02340> [Hivite.]
Hamathites <02577> [Hamathite.]
sons ... Shem <08035 01121> [sons of Shem.]
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
Asshur <0804> [Asshur.]
[Assur.]
Lud <03865> [Lud.]
Aram <0758> [Aram.]
Meshech <04902> [Meshech.]
[Mash.]
Shelah ... Shelah <07974> [Shelah.]
[Salah.]
Eber <05677> [Eber.]
Peleg <06389> [Peleg. that is, Division.]
Hazarmaveth <02700> [Hazarmaveth.]
Ebal <05858> [Ebal.]
[Obal.]
Ophir <0211> [Ophir.]
Havilah <02341> [Havilah.]
Shem <08035> [Shem.]
Shelah <07974> [Shelah.]
[Sala.]
Eber <05677> [Eber.]
[Heber. Peleg.]
[Phalec. Reu.]
[Ragau.]
Serug <08286> [Serug.]
[Saruch. Nahor.]
[Nachor. Terah.]
[Thara.]
Abram <087> [Abram.]
Isaac <03327> [Isaac.]
Ishmael <03458> [Ishmael.]
firstborn son <01060> [The firstborn.]
Nebaioth <05032> [Nebaioth.]
[Nebajoth.]
Kedar <06938> [Kedar.]
Dumah <01746> [Dumah.]
Hadad <02301> [Hadad. or Hadar.]
sons ................ sons <01121> [A.M. 2151. B.C. 1853. the sons.]
Midian <04080> [Midian.]
Sheba <07614> [Sheba.]
Dedan <01719> [Dedan.]
Ephah <05891> [Ephah.]
Abraham <085> [Abraham.]
Isaac ... sons ... Isaac <03327 01121> [The sons of Isaac.]
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
sons ... Esau <06215 01121> [sons of Esau.]
Teman <08487> [Teman.]
[Zephi. <\\See definition 06825\\>.]
The various reading of [TaephŒy <\\See definition 06825\\>,] Zephi, and [Taeph“y <\\See definition 06825\\>,] Zepho, is caused simply by the mutation of the Hebrew letter [Y“wd,] {yood,} and [Vƒv,] {wav}.
[Zepho.]
sons ... Seir <08165 01121> [the sons of Seir.]
[Ezar.]
The variation here is only in the translation.
Ezer <0687> [Ezer.]
Hori <02753> [Hori.]
Homam <01950> [Homam.]
This variation is simply the mutation of [Y“wd,] {yood} and [Vƒv,] {wav}; that in Genesis being properly [Hˆymƒm <\\See definition 01967\\>,] Hemam, and this, [H“wmƒm <\\See definition 01950\\>,] Homam.
[Hemam.]
Alyan <05935> [Alian.]
Both these variations are also caused by the mutation of [Y“wd] {yood} and [Vƒv] {wav}; the former being written [Alvƒn <\\See definition 05935\\>,] Alvan, and [Alyƒn <\\See definition 05935\\>,] Alian; and the latter, [Sheph“w <\\See definition 08195\\>,] Shepho, and [ShepŒy <\\See definition 08195\\>,] Shephi.
[Alvan, Shepho. Aiyah.]
The difference here is only in the translation; the original being uniformly [AyÆ’h <\\See definition 0345\\>,] Aiyah.
[Ajah.]
Dishon ..... Dishon <01787> [Dishon.]
Hamran <02566> [Amram.]
This variation is only caused by the mutation of a [Dƒleth,] {daleth,} and a [Rˆyah,] {raish;} the original being in Genesis [Chemdƒn <\\See definition 02533\\>,] Hemdan, and here [Amrƒm <\\See definition 06019\\>,] Hamran.
[Hemdan.]
Zaavan <02190> [Zavan.]
The former of these is the same in the original, [z`wn <\\See definition 02190\\>,] ZaÂvan, and the latter, [y`qn,] is an error for [w`qn,] {w‰akan,} "and Achan."
[Zaavan, Achan. Uz.]
kings ........... king <04428> [the kings.]
Bozrah <01224> [Bozrah.]
Shaul <07586> [Shaul.]
The original is uniformly ShaÂl.
[Saul.]
Hadad <01908> [Hadad.]
This variation is occasioned simply by the mutation of [Rˆysh,] {raish,} and [Dƒleth,] {daleth;} being in Genesis, [Hadar <\\See definition 01924\\>,] Hadar, and here, [Hadad <\\See definition 01908\\>,] Hadad.
[Hadar. Pai.]
This simply depends on the interchange of [Y“wd] {yood} and [VÆ’v] {wav;} being written in Genesis [Pƒ–w <\\See definition 06464\\>,] PaÂ, and here, [PÆ’Å’y <\\See definition 06464\\>,] Pa‹.
[Pau.]
Alvah <05933> [Aliah.]
This is another instance of the mutation of [Y“wd] {yood} and [Vƒv] {wav;} in the former instance being [Alvƒh <\\See definition 05933\\>,] Alvah, and here, [Alyƒh <\\See definition 05933\\>,] Aliah, though the Keri also reads Alvah.
[Alvah.]
chiefs <0441> [These are.]
Israel <03478> [A.M. 2252, etc. B.C. 1752, etc. Israel. or, Jacob.]
Reuben <07205> [Reuben.]
Er Onan ............... Er <06147 0209> [Er, and.]
Tamar <08559> [Tamar.]
[Thamar. Pharez.]
[Perez.]
[Phares. Zerah.]
[Zara.]
Hezron <02696> [Hezron.]
[Esrom.]
Zimri <02174> [Zimri.]
Zabdi, \^ydbz\^ is apparently here called Zimri, \^yrmz\^ in consequence of a \^b\^, "baith", being mistaken for a \^m\^, "mem", and a \^d\^, "daleth", for a \^r\^, "raish",
[Zabdi. Ethan]
Dara <01873> [Dara]
[Darada, \^erdr\^, is here called Dara, \^erd\^, by the elison of]
\^d\^, "daleth"
[Darda]
Carmi <03756> [Carmi.]
Achan <05917> [Achar.]
Achan is probably called Achar, from the trouble he occasioned.
[Achan. accursed.]
Jerahmeel <03396> [Jerahmeel.]
Ram <07410> [Ram.]
[Aram. Chelubai.]
[Caleb.]
Amminadab ... Amminadab <05992> [Amminadab.]
[Aminadab. Nahshon.]
[Nassoon.]
Salma ... Salma <08007> [Salma.]
[Salmon, Booz.]
Jesse <03448> [Jesse.]
firstborn <01060> [his first-born.]
Eliab <0446> [Eliab.]
[Elihu. Shimma.]
[Shimea.]
[Shammah.]
David <01732> [David.]
It appears from the parallel places of Samuel, that Jesse had eight sons, of whom David was the eighth and youngest; but one may have died before David came to the throne.
Zeruiah .... Zeruiah's ... sons <01121 06870> [the sons of.]
Amasa <06021> [Amasa.]
Jether <03500> [Jether.]
Jether, [Yether <\\See definition 03500\\>,] is essentially the same with [YithrÆ’ <\\See definition 03501\\>,] Ithra, the latter only having the addition of an ['Aleph] {aleph;} and it is probable, that he was an Ishmaelite by birth but an Israelite by religion.
[Ithra an Israelite.]
Caleb <03612> [A.M. 2534, etc. B.C. 1470, etc. Caleb.]
Caleb, [Kƒlˆb, <\\See definition 03612\\>,] is the same as Chelubai, [Kel–wbay <\\See definition 03621\\>,]; the latter simply having a [Vƒv,] {wav} inserted, and a [Y“de,] {yood} affixed. This person must have lived some time before Israel left Egypt; for Bezaleel, the principal person employed in constructing the tabernacle, was his grandson.
[Chelubai.]
Ephrath <0672> [Ephrath.]
[Ephratah.]
Bezalel <01212> [Bezaleel.]
Makir <04353> [Machir.]
married <03947> [married. Heb. took.]
Jair <02971> [Jair.]
Geshur <01650> [Geshur.]
Kenath <07079> [Kenath.]
Kenath was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan. Eusebius says it was called in his time [Kanatha,] Kanatha; and was a town in the Trachonitis, near Bozra. Josephus places it in Coelo-syria; and Pliny reckons it among the cities of the Decapolis. It was also called Nobah, after Nobah an Israelite, who conquered it, (Nu 32:42;) which is placed by Eusebius, eight miles south of Heshbon: See Note on Jud 8:11.
Caleb ...... Ephrath <03613> [Caleb-Ephratah.]
Ashhur <0806> [Ashur.]
Tekoa <08620> [Tekoa.]
sons ... Jerahmeel <01121 03396> [the sons of.]
Of the persons mentioned in verses 25-33, nothing more is recorded or known.
Jerahmeel <03396> [Jerahmeel.]
Ram <07410> [Ram.]
Onam <0208> [Onam.]
Nadab <05070> [Nadab.]
son ...... son .... Sheshan ... son ... Sheshan <08348 01121> [the children of Sheshan.]
Sheshan <08348> [Sheshan.]
When the people of the East have no sons, they frequently marry their daughters to their slaves, even when they have much property to bestow upon them. Hassan had been the slave of Kamel, his predecessor; but Kamel, according to the custom of the country, gave him one of his daughters in marriage, and left him at his death one part of his great riches which he had amassed in the course of a long and prosperous life (Maillet, Lett. xi. p. 118).
Zabad <02066> [Zabad.]
Caleb <03612> [Caleb.]
This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, and therefore called the brother of Jerahmeel: See the parallel texts:
[Chelubai.]
firstborn <01060> [his first-born.]
father .......... father <01> [the father. i.e, the founder.]
Or, as the Targum renders, "the prince of the Ziphites;" for it was usual to call both the founder and the prince of a city its father.
Ziph <02128> [Ziph.]
father .......... father ... Hebron <01 02275> [the father of Hebron.]
Beth-Zur <01049> [Beth-zur.]
Beth-zur was situated in the tribe of Judah, twenty miles south from Jerusalem, towards Hebron, according to Eusebius. It was fortified by Rehoboam, (2 Ch 11:7) and was a fortress of great consequence, principally in the time of the Maccabees. 1 Mac 4:28; 6:7, etc.
Caleb's <03612> [Caleb's.]
concubine <06370> [concubine.]
father ... Madmannah ..... father <01 04089> [the father of Madmannah.]
Madmannah was a city situated in the southern part of Judah, and towards Gaza, according to Eusebius. .# Jos 15:31 Isa 10:31
[Madmenah. Gibea.]
It is probable this was not Gibeah of Benjamin, and the royal residence of Saul, but Gibeah in the tribe of Judah, to which all these other cities belonged.
[Gibeah.]
Caleb <03612> [Caleb.]
This Caleb was the grandson of the preceding, and brother to Uri, the father of Bezaleel.
Ephrath <0672> [Ephratah.]
[Ephrath. Kirjath-jearim.]
Salma <08007> [Salma.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem.]
Haroeh <07204> [Haroeh. or, Reaiah.]
As Haroeh and Reaiah have nearly the same signification, it is probable they were deemed perfectly interchangeable, and indifferently applied.
half .... Manahathites <02679 02677> [half of the Manahethites. or, half of the Menuchites, or,]
Hatsihammenuchoth.
Ithrites <03505> [Ithrites.]
Zorathites <06882> [the Zareathites.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem.]
Netophathites <05200> [Netophathites.]
<05852> [Ataroth. or, Atarites, or crowns of the house of Joab.]
scribes <05608> [the scribes.]
Jabez <03258> [Jabez.]
Kenites <07017> [Kenites.]
Beth-Rechab <07394> [Rechab.]
sons ... David <01732 01121> [A.M. 2951, etc. B.C. 1053, etc. the sons of David.]
Amnon <0550> [Amnon.]
Ahinoam <0293> [Ahinoam.]
mother ..... Jezreel <03159> [Jezreelitess.]
Daniel <01840> [Daniel.]
It is probable this person had two names. The Targumist says he was "called Chileab, because he was in every respect like his father."
Abigail <026> [of Abigail.]
Absalom <053> [Absalom.]
Geshur <01650> [Geshur.]
Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]
Eglah <05698> [Eglah.]
The Targumist, Jarchi, and others, maintain that this was Michal; and though it is stated (2 Sa 6:23) that "she had no child to the day of her death," yet she might have had a child before, at that time living.
ruled ......... ruled <04427> [there he reigned.]
Jerusalem <03389> [and in Jerusalem.]
Shimea <08092> [Shimea.]
[Shammuah. Nathan.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon.]
Bathsheba <01340> [Bath-shua.]
[Bath-sheba.]
Ammiel <05988> [Ammiel.]
[Eliam.]
Elishua <0476> [Elishama.]
[Elishua. Eliphelet.]
[Elpalet.]
Nogah <05052> [Nogah.]
Eliada <0450> [Eliada.]
[Beeliada. Eliphelet.]
[Eliphalet.]
concubines <06370> [of the concubines.]
Tamar <08559> [Tamar.]
Rehoboam <07346> [Rehoboam.]
[Roboam. Abia.]
[Abijam.]
[Abijah. Asa.]
Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
[Josaphat.]
Joram <03141> [Joram.]
[Jehoram. Ahaziah.]
[Jehoahaz.]
[Azariah. Joash.]
Amaziah <0558> [Amaziah.]
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
[Uzziah.]
[Ozias. Jotham.]
[Joatham.]
Ahaz <0271> [Ahaz.]
[Achaz. Hezekiah.]
[Ezekias. Manasseh.]
[Manasses.]
Amon <0526> [Amon.]
Josiah <02977> [Josiah.]
[Josias. Johanan. or, Jehoahaz.]
[Jehoiakim.]
[Eliakim.]
[Zedekiah.]
[Mattaniah.]
[Shallum.]
The Targumist says he was called Shallum, "because the kingdom departed from the house of David in his days."
[Jehoahaz.]
Jehoiachin <03204> [Jeconiah.]
[Jehoiachin.]
[Coniah.]
[Jechonias. Zedekiah.]
As the sons of Jeconiah are enumerated in the succeeding verse, and as Zedekiah is no where else mentioned as the son of Jeconiah, but as the son of Josiah, it is highly probable that son here means successor.
[being his uncle.]
exile <0617> [Assir.]
As Salathiel was not the son of Assir, but of Jeconiah, it is probable that the word {assir,} which signifies a prisoner, is an ephithet applied to Jeconiah, who was a long time prisoner at Babylon.
Shealtiel <07597> [Salathiel.]
[Shealtiel.]
sons ... Pedaiah ...... sons <06305 01121> [the sons of Pedaiah.]
As St. Matthew states that Zerubbabel was the son of Salathiel, Houbigant thinks these words should be omitted; and Pedaiah is wanting in the Arabic and Syriac.
Zerubbabel ....... Zerubbabel <02216> [Zerubbabel.]
[Zorobabel.]
Hattush <02407> [Hattush.]
six <08337> [six.]
Five only are enumerated in the text, which Houbigant would substitute as the true reading; but probably the father is reckoned with his sons.
Hizkiah <02396> [Hezekiah. or, Hiskijahu.]
