1 Chronicles 2:23-24
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.]
1 Chronicles 2:45
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.
1 Chronicles 2:50-52
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.
