1 Chronicles 2
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These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

Zimri. i.e., snug; my song; my field

Numbers 25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain …

1 Kings 16:9,10,12,15,16,18,20 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against …

2 Kings 9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who …

1 Chronicles 2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and …

1 Chronicles 8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, …

1 Chronicles 9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and …

Jeremiah 25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the …

(1) Captain of Elah king of Israel, whom he slew and succeeded, B.C.

1 Kings 16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against …

1 Kings 16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and …

(2) Captain of the Simeonites,

Numbers 25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain …

(3) Descendant of Judah by Tamar.

1 Chronicles 2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the …

(4) Of the stock of Saul,

1 Chronicles 8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, …

1 Chronicles 9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and …

(5) A son of Zerah, the son of Judah,

1 Chronicles 2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and …

Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: …

Joshua 7:17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the …

Joshua 7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, …

Joshua 7:1,17,18 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: …

Zabdi.

(6) A name applied to a tribe and supposed to refer to people in Eastern Arabia,

Jeremiah 25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the …

Ethan. i.e., perennial, constant; ancient

1 Chronicles 2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and …

1 Chronicles 2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

1 Chronicles 6:42,44 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei…

1 Chronicles 15:17,19 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, …

1 Kings 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, …

Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will …

(1) An Israelite known for his wisdom, an Ezrahite, to whom Psalm

1 Kings 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, …

(2) A son of Zerah, the son of Judah,

1 Chronicles 2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and …

1 Chronicles 2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

(3) A descendant of Gershon, the son of Levi,

1 Chronicles 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

(4) A descendant of Merari, the son of Levi,

1 Chronicles 6:44 And their brothers the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan …

1 Chronicles 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound …

Heman. i.e., faithful

1 Chronicles 2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and …

1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, …

1 Chronicles 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound …

1 Kings 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, …

1 Chronicles 6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of …

1 Chronicles 16:41,42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, …

1 Chronicles 25:1,4,5,6 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service …

2 Chronicles 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of …

2 Chronicles 29:14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of …

2 Chronicles 35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according …

Psalm 88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:

(1) A wise man who flourished before Solomon,

1 Kings 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, …

1 Chronicles 2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and …

(2) A Levite of the Kohathites, a leader of David's choir,

1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, …

1 Chronicles 16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, …

1 Chronicles 16:42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those …

Psalm 88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:

See also Homam.

1 Chronicles 1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.

Calcol. i.e., sustenance; comprehended

1 Kings 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, …

Dara. i.e., pearl of wisdom Darda is here called Dara, by the elision of a {daleth.}

Darda.

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

David. It appears from the parallel places of Samuel, that Jesse had eight sons, of whom David was the eighth and youngest; but one may have died before David came to the throne.

1 Samuel 16:10,11 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel …

1 Samuel 17:12-14 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose …

Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

Geshur.

Joshua 13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, …

2 Samuel 13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

Kenath. Kenath was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan. Eusebius says it was called in his time 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.

1 Chronicles 8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

Jada.

1 Chronicles 2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; …

Jether. i.e., excellence, superiority

Exodus 4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said …

Judges 8:20 And he said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth …

1 Kings 2:5,32 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and …

1 Chronicles 2:17,32 And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite…

1 Chronicles 4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: …

1 Chronicles 7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

(1) Father-in-law of Moses,

Exodus 4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said …

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest …

(2) Firstborn of Gideon,

Judges 8:20 And he said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth …

(3) Father of Amasa, slain by Joab,

1 Kings 2:5 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and …

2 Samuel 17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which …

(4) A descendant of Jerameel,

1 Chronicles 2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: …

(5) Son of Ezra, of Judah,

1 Chronicles 4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: …

(6) A son of Asher,

1 Chronicles 7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

Jonathan.

1 Samuel 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand …

died without children.

1 Chronicles 2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

Sheshan. When the people of the East have no sons, they frequently marry their daughters to their slaves, even when they have much property to bestow upon them. Hassan had been the slave of Kamel, his predecessor; but Kamel, according to the custom of the country, gave him one of his daughters in marriage, and left him at his death one part of his great riches which he had amassed in the course of a long and prosperous life (Maillet, Lett. xi. p.

his daughter.

1 Chronicles 2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And …

Attai. i.e., opportune

1 Chronicles 2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

1 Chronicles 12:11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

2 Chronicles 11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bore …

(1) Son of Jarha, father of Nathan, ver.

1 Chronicles 2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

1 Chronicles 2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she …

(2) One who came to David to Ziklan,

1 Chronicles 12:11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

2 Chronicles 11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bore …

And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

Raham. i.e., compassionate

Jorkoam. i.e., paleness or spreading of the people

1 Chronicles 2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,
Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

Haroeh. or, Reaiah.

1 Chronicles 4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, …

As Haroeh and Reaiah have nearly the same signification, it is probable they were deemed perfectly interchangeable, and indifferently applied.

half of the Manahethites. or, half of the Menuchites, or, Hatsihammenuchoth.

And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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