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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:34

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4 In this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah, and of some principal families in it, 1 Chronicles 4:1 and of the tribe of Simeon, their families, cities, and villages, 1 Chronicles 4:24 and of the enlargement of their borders, and conquest of the Amalekites, 1 Chronicles 4:39.

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Ver. 34-37. And Meshobab, and Jamlech,.... These, with those that follow to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:37 were famous men in the tribe of Simeon, of rank and dignity, and eminent for courage and valour, as the latter part of the chapter testifies, though they are nowhere else taken notice of. Jamlech, as Fabritius (k) observes, is not very different from Jamblichus, the name of a famous Platonic...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. A further account of the genealogies of the tribe of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes. The posterity of Shobal the son of Hur (ver. 1-4), of Ashur the posthumous son of Hezron (who was mentioned, ii. 24), with something particular concerning Jabez (ver. 5-10), of Chelub and others (ver. 11-20), of Shelah, ver. 21-23. II. An account of the...