57 matching verse commentaries
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath,.... The Targum is, "Miriam, who was called Ephrath"; but, according to Josephus (q), it was his son Hur that was the husband of Miriam the sister of Moses: which bare him Hur; [See comments on Exodus 17:10]. (q) Antiqu. l. 3. c. 2.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. Who yet is not thought to be the same Bezaleel we read of in Exodus 31:2 though the fathers and grandfathers of both have the same names, and were of the same tribe.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead,.... Which Machir was the son of Manasseh, and Gilead was his grandson, Numbers 26:29 the Targum is, "but he enticed a virgin, the daughter of Machir;'' which suggests, that he committed fornication with her, though he afterwards married her; her name is not mentioned; to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty three cities in the land of Gilead. Which, according to Kimchi, he inherited in right of his wife, which, he says, he took out of the land of Gilead; but they seem to be rather what he took by force of arms from the former inhabitants; see Numbers 32:41.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,.... Cities or countries which the Geshurites and Aramaeans, or Syrians, before inhabited; and which he took from them, together with other towns, which, being taken by him, were called after his name; the Targum is, the Geshurites and Aramaeans took the villages of Jair from them;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah,.... Supposed to be the same with Bethlehem; and was so called, both from Caleb the son of Hezron, and Ephrath his wife, 1 Chronicles 2:19, then Abiah, Hezron's wife, bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa; being left with child by him at his death; the whole verse is paraphrased thus in the Targum, "and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the firstborn,.... So called by his father after the name of his brother, see 1 Chronicles 2:9 and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah; or "of Ahijah", as some (r) render it, this being the name of his wife, who bare him the sons before named, since mention is made of another wife in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah,.... Distinct from his wife before named; or "another woman", which is a phrase for an harlot or concubine, Judges 11:2 which she might be, as Kimchi observes; though the former seems best: she was the mother of Onam; and perhaps was the only son she bore to Jerahmeel, of whose sons see 1...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel,.... By his first wife: were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker; of whom no other notice is taken; perhaps they left no children.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Onam,.... The son of Jerahmeel by his other wife: were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur; whose posterity are mentioned in the two following verses.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail,.... Of the same name was a wife of Rehoboam, a daughter of his grandfather David's eldest brother, Eliab, 2 Chronicles 11:18 and she bare him Ahban, and Molid; which are no more mentioned, they perhaps leaving no posterity.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Nadab,.... The eldest son of Shammai, 1 Chronicles 2:28, Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children; and therefore we hear no more of him.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan,.... Though they had each of them but one son, yet the plural number is used, their posterity being included, as in 1 Chronicles 2:8 and so in the next clause: and the children of Sheshan; Ahlai; who, from 1 Chronicles 2:34 appears to be a daughter.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai,.... 1 Chronicles 2:28, Jether and Jonathan: and Jether died without children; the posterity of Jonathan are given the next verse.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth and Zaza,.... Of whom no mention is made elsewhere: these were the sons of Jerahmeel; not only his immediate sons, but their posterity, called from him Jerahmeelites, 1 Samuel 27:10.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters,.... And but one of that sort, whose name was Ahlai, 1 Chronicles 2:31 the plural being put here for the singular; or, if that is the name of a son, as some think, he died in his father's lifetime, and left no issue; so that there only remained daughters, and it seems but one by the next verse: and Sheshan...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife,.... Having first given him his freedom, as the Targum premises; this daughter seems to be Ahlai, 1 Chronicles 2:31 which receives confirmation from Zabad, one of the descendants of this man, 1 Chronicles 2:36, being said to be the son of Ahlai, 1 Chronicles 11:41, that is, great-grandson:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 36 [See comments on 1 Chronicles 2:35].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 37 [See comments on 1 Chronicles 2:35].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 38 [See comments on 1 Chronicles 2:35].