1 Chronicles 2:26

Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(26) Atarah.—The word means corona, here and in 1Chronicles 2:54; probably, the ring-fence or fortifications round a city. So στέφανος was used in Greek (Pindar, Olymp. viii. 42, of the wall of Troy). The plural Ataroth occurs as the name of a town in Numbers 32:3; Joshua 16:5.

The mother of Onam.—See 1Chronicles 2:28-34 for the ramifications of this clan.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:1-55 Genealogies. - We are now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations. But now, in Christ, all are welcome to his salvation who come to him; all have equal privileges according to their faith in him, their love and devotedness to him. All that is truly valuable consists in the favour, peace, and image of God, and a life spent to his glory, in promoting the welfare of our fellow-creatures.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Ahijah - There is no "and" in the original. Hence, some would read: "the sons" were born "of" or "from Ahijah," the first wife of Jerahmeel (see the next verse).

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

24. Caleb-ephratah—so called from uniting the names of husband and wife (1Ch 2:19), and supposed to be the same as was afterwards called Beth-lehem-ephratah.

Ashur, the father of Tekoa—(2Sa 14:2-4). He is called the father, either from his being the first founder, or perhaps the ruler, of the city.

Matthew Poole's Commentary

No text from Poole on this verse.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 Chronicles 2:28.

Geneva Study Bible

Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 26. - For עְטָרָה, one manuscript has אָטֶר, and another קְטוּרָה. 1 Chronicles 2:26

Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

Only one son of the second wife is given, Onam, whose posterity follows in 1 Chronicles 2:28-33; for in 1 Chronicles 2:27 the three sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerahmeel, are enumerated.