1 Chronicles 2:55
Context2:55 and the clans of the scribes 1 who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended 2 from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab. 3
1 Chronicles 4:17
Context4:17 The sons of Ezrah:
Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.
Mered’s wife Bithiah 4 gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
1 Chronicles 17:13
Context17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. 5
1 Chronicles 22:10
Context22:10 He will build a temple to honor me; 6 he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ 7
1 Chronicles 25:3
Context25:3 From the sons of Jeduthun: 8 Gedaliah, Zeri, 9 Jeshaiah, 10 Hashabiah, and Mattithiah – six in all, 11 under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
1 Chronicles 28:6
Context28:6 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.


[2:55] 1 tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.
[2:55] 3 tn Or (if בֵּית [beth] is translated as “house” rather than considered to be part of the name) “the father of the house [i.e., family] of Rechab.”
[4:17] 4 tn The Hebrew text has simply, “and she gave birth to,” without identifying the subject. The words “Mered’s wife Bithiah” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 18b, which mentions “Bethiah, whom Mered married.”
[17:13] 7 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.
[22:10] 10 tn Heb “for my name.”
[22:10] 11 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”
[25:3] 13 tn Heb “belonging to Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun.”
[25:3] 14 tn This name appears as “Izri” in v. 10.
[25:3] 15 tc One Hebrew
[25:3] 16 tc The list includes only five names. Apparently the name “Shimei” (see v. 17), which appears in one medieval Hebrew