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1 Chronicles 2:1-55 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

1 These are the sons H1121 of Israel; H3478 Reuben, H7205 Simeon, H8095 Levi, H3878 and Judah, H3063 Issachar, H3485 and Zebulun, H2074

2 Dan, H1835 Joseph, H3130 and Benjamin, H1144 Naphtali, H5321 Gad, H1410 and Asher. H836

3 The sons H1121 of Judah; H3063 Er, H6147 and Onan, H209 and Shelah: H7956 which three H7969 were born H3205 unto him of the daughter H1323 of Shua H7774 H1340 the Canaanitess. H3669 And Er, H6147 the firstborn H1060 of Judah, H3063 was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD; H3068 and he slew H4191 him.

4 And Tamar H8559 his daughter in law H3618 bare H3205 him Pharez H6557 and Zerah. H2226 All the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 were five. H2568

5 The sons H1121 of Pharez; H6557 Hezron, H2696 and Hamul. H2538

6 And the sons H1121 of Zerah; H2226 Zimri, H2174 and Ethan, H387 and Heman, H1968 and Calcol, H3633 and Dara: H1873 five H2568 of them in all.

7 And the sons H1121 of Carmi; H3756 Achar, H5917 the troubler H5916 of Israel, H3478 who transgressed H4603 in the thing accursed. H2764

8 And the sons H1121 of Ethan; H387 Azariah. H5838

9 The sons H1121 also of Hezron, H2696 that were born H3205 unto him; Jerahmeel, H3396 and Ram, H7410 and Chelubai. H3621

10 And Ram H7410 begat H3205 Amminadab; H5992 and Amminadab H5992 begat H3205 Nahshon, H5177 prince H5387 of the children H1121 of Judah; H3063

11 And Nahshon H5177 begat H3205 Salma, H8007 and Salma H8007 begat H3205 Boaz, H1162

12 And Boaz H1162 begat H3205 Obed, H5744 and Obed H5744 begat H3205 Jesse, H3448

13 And Jesse H3448 begat H3205 his firstborn H1060 Eliab, H446 and Abinadab H41 the second, H8145 and Shimma H8092 the third, H7992

14 Nethaneel H5417 the fourth, H7243 Raddai H7288 the fifth, H2549

15 Ozem H684 the sixth, H8345 David H1732 the seventh: H7637

16 Whose sisters H269 were Zeruiah, H6870 and Abigail. H26 And the sons H1121 of Zeruiah; H6870 Abishai, H52 and Joab, H3097 and Asahel, H6214 three. H7969

17 And Abigail H26 bare H3205 Amasa: H6021 and the father H1 of Amasa H6021 was Jether H3500 the Ishmeelite. H3459

18 And Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Hezron H2696 begat H3205 children of H854 Azubah H5806 his wife, H802 and of Jerioth: H3408 her sons H1121 are these; Jesher, H3475 and Shobab, H7727 and Ardon. H715

19 And when Azubah H5806 was dead, H4191 Caleb H3612 took H3947 unto him Ephrath, H672 which bare H3205 him Hur. H2354

20 And Hur H2354 begat H3205 Uri, H221 and Uri H221 begat H3205 Bezaleel. H1212

21 And afterward H310 Hezron H2696 went in H935 to the daughter H1323 of Machir H4353 the father H1 of Gilead, H1568 whom he married H3947 when he was threescore H8346 years H8141 old; H1121 and she bare H3205 him Segub. H7687

22 And Segub H7687 begat H3205 Jair, H2971 who had three H7969 and twenty H6242 cities H5892 in the land H776 of Gilead. H1568

23 And he took H3947 Geshur, H1650 and Aram, H758 with the towns H2333 of Jair, H2971 from them, with Kenath, H7079 and the towns H1323 thereof, even threescore H8346 cities. H5892 All these belonged to the sons H1121 of Machir H4353 the father H1 of Gilead. H1568

24 And after H310 that Hezron H2696 was dead H4194 in Calebephratah, H3613 then Abiah H29 Hezron's H2696 wife H802 bare H3205 him Ashur H806 the father H1 of Tekoa. H8620

25 And the sons H1121 of Jerahmeel H3396 the firstborn H1060 of Hezron H2696 were, Ram H7410 the firstborn, H1060 and Bunah, H946 and Oren, H767 and Ozem, H684 and Ahijah. H281

26 Jerahmeel H3396 had also another H312 wife, H802 whose name H8034 was Atarah; H5851 she was the mother H517 of Onam. H208

27 And the sons H1121 of Ram H7410 the firstborn H1060 of Jerahmeel H3396 were, Maaz, H4619 and Jamin, H3226 and Eker. H6134

28 And the sons H1121 of Onam H208 were, Shammai, H8060 and Jada. H3047 And the sons H1121 of Shammai; H8060 Nadab, H5070 and Abishur. H51

29 And the name H8034 of the wife H802 of Abishur H51 was Abihail, H32 and she bare H3205 him Ahban, H257 and Molid. H4140

30 And the sons H1121 of Nadab; H5070 Seled, H5540 and Appaim: H649 but Seled H5540 died H4191 without children. H1121

31 And the sons H1121 of Appaim; H649 Ishi. H3469 And the sons H1121 of Ishi; H3469 Sheshan. H8348 And the children H1121 of Sheshan; H8348 Ahlai. H304

32 And the sons H1121 of Jada H3047 the brother H251 of Shammai; H8060 Jether, H3500 and Jonathan: H3129 and Jether H3500 died H4191 without children. H1121

33 And the sons H1121 of Jonathan; H3129 Peleth, H6431 and Zaza. H2117 These were the sons H1121 of Jerahmeel. H3396

34 Now Sheshan H8348 had no sons, H1121 but daughters. H1323 And Sheshan H8348 had a servant, H5650 an Egyptian, H4713 whose name H8034 was Jarha. H3398

35 And Sheshan H8348 gave H5414 his daughter H1323 to Jarha H3398 his servant H5650 to wife; H802 and she bare H3205 him Attai. H6262

36 And Attai H6262 begat H3205 Nathan, H5416 and Nathan H5416 begat H3205 Zabad, H2066

37 And Zabad H2066 begat H3205 Ephlal, H654 and Ephlal H654 begat H3205 Obed, H5744

38 And Obed H5744 begat H3205 Jehu, H3058 and Jehu H3058 begat H3205 Azariah, H5838

39 And Azariah H5838 begat H3205 Helez, H2503 and Helez H2503 begat H3205 Eleasah, H501

40 And Eleasah H501 begat H3205 Sisamai, H5581 and Sisamai H5581 begat H3205 Shallum, H7967

41 And Shallum H7967 begat H3205 Jekamiah, H3359 and Jekamiah H3359 begat H3205 Elishama. H476

42 Now the sons H1121 of Caleb H3612 the brother H251 of Jerahmeel H3396 were, Mesha H4337 his firstborn, H1060 which was the father H1 of Ziph; H2128 and the sons H1121 of Mareshah H4762 the father H1 of Hebron. H2275

43 And the sons H1121 of Hebron; H2275 Korah, H7141 and Tappuah, H8599 and Rekem, H7552 and Shema. H8087

44 And Shema H8087 begat H3205 Raham, H7357 the father H1 of Jorkoam: H3421 and Rekem H7552 begat H3205 Shammai. H8060

45 And the son H1121 of Shammai H8060 was Maon: H4584 and Maon H4584 was the father H1 of Bethzur. H1049

46 And Ephah, H5891 Caleb's H3612 concubine, H6370 bare H3205 Haran, H2771 and Moza, H4162 and Gazez: H1495 and Haran H2771 begat H3205 Gazez. H1495

47 And the sons H1121 of Jahdai; H3056 Regem, H7276 and Jotham, H3147 and Geshan, H1529 and Pelet, H6404 and Ephah, H5891 and Shaaph. H8174

48 Maachah, H4601 Caleb's H3612 concubine, H6370 bare H3205 Sheber, H7669 and Tirhanah. H8647

49 She bare H3205 also Shaaph H8174 the father H1 of Madmannah, H4089 Sheva H7724 the father H1 of Machbenah, H4343 and the father H1 of Gibea: H1388 and the daughter H1323 of Caleb H3612 was Achsah. H5915

50 These were the sons H1121 of Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Hur, H2354 the firstborn H1060 of Ephratah; H672 Shobal H7732 the father H1 of Kirjathjearim, H7157

51 Salma H8007 the father H1 of Bethlehem, H1035 Hareph H2780 the father H1 of Bethgader. H1013

52 And Shobal H7732 the father H1 of Kirjathjearim H7157 had sons; H1121 Haroeh, H7204 and half H2677 of the Manahethites. H2679

53 And the families H4940 of Kirjathjearim; H7157 the Ithrites, H3505 and the Puhites, H6336 and the Shumathites, H8126 and the Mishraites; H4954 of them came H3318 the Zareathites, H6882 and the Eshtaulites. H848

54 The sons H1121 of Salma; H8007 Bethlehem, H1035 and the Netophathites, H5200 Ataroth, H5852 the house of Joab, H5854 and half H2677 of the Manahethites, H2680 the Zorites. H6882

55 And the families H4940 of the scribes H5608 which dwelt H3427 H3427 at Jabez; H3258 the Tirathites, H8654 the Shimeathites, H8101 and Suchathites. H7756 These H1992 are the Kenites H7017 that came H935 of Hemath, H2574 the father H1 of the house H1004 of Rechab. H7394

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Commentary on 1 Chronicles 2 Matthew Henry Commentary


Chapter 2

We have now come to what was principally intended, the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, that were to "dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations.' Here we have,

  • I. The names of the twelve sons of Israel (v. 1, 2).
  • II. An account of the tribe of Judah, which has the precedency, not so much for the sake of David as for the sake of the Son of David, our Lord, who sprang out of Judah, Heb. 7:14.
    • 1. The first descendants from Judah, down to Jesse (v. 3-12).
    • 2. The children of Jesse (v. 13-17).
    • 3. The posterity of Hezron, not only through Ram, from whom David came, but through Caleb (v. 18-20), Segub (v. 21-24), Jerahmeel (v. 25-33, and so to v. 41), and more by Caleb (v. 42-49), with the family of Caleb the son of Hur (v. 50-55).

The best exposition we can have of this and the following chapters, and which will give the clearest view of them, is found in those genealogical tables which were published with some of the first impressions of the last English Bible about 100 years ago, and continued for some time; and it is a pity but they were revived in some of our later editions, for they are of great use to those who diligently search the scriptures. They are said to be drawn up by that great master in scripture-learning, Mr. Hugh Broughton. We meet with them sometimes in old Bibles.

1Ch 2:1-17

Here is,

  • I. The family of Jacob. His twelve sons are here named, that illustrious number so often celebrated almost throughout the whole Bible, from the first to the last book of it. At every turn we meet with the twelve tribes that descended from these twelve patriarchs. The personal character of several of them was none of the best (the first four were much blemished), and yet the covenant was entailed on their seed; for it was of grace, free grace, that it was said, Jacob have I loved-not of works, lest any man should boast.
  • II. The family of Judah. That tribe was most praised, most increased, and most dignified, of any of the tribes, and therefore the genealogy of it is the first and largest of them all. In the account here given of the first branches of that illustrious tree, of which Christ was to be the top branch, we meet,
    • 1. With some that were very bad. Here is Er, Judah's eldest son, that was evil in the sight of the Lord, and was cut off, in the beginning of his days, by a stroke of divine vengeance: The Lord slew him, v. 3. His next brother, Onan, was no better, and fared no better. Here is Tamar, with whom Judah, her father-in-law, committed incest, v. 4. And here is Achan, called Achar-a troubler, that troubled Israel by taking of the accursed thing, v. 7. Note, The best and most honourable families may have those belonging to them that are blemishes.
    • 2. With some that were very wise and good, as Heman and Ethan, Calcol and Dara, who were not perhaps the immediate sons of Zerah, but descendants from him, and are named because they were the glory of their father's house; for, when the Holy Ghost would magnify the wisdom of Solomon, he declares him wiser than these four men, who, though the sons of Mahol, are called Ezrahites, from Zerah, 1 Ki. 4:31. That four brothers should be eminent for wisdom and grace was a rare thing.
    • 3. With some that were very great, as Nahshon, who was prince of the tribe of Judah when the camp of Israel was formed in the wilderness, and so led the van in that glorious march, and Salman, or Salmon, who was in that post of honour when they entered into Canaan, v. 10, 11.
  • III. The family of Jesse, of which a particularly account is kept for the sake of David, and the Son of David, who is a rod out of the stem of Jesse, Isa. 11:1. Hence it appears that David was a seventh son, and that his three great commanders, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel, were the sons of one of his sisters, and Amasa of another. Three of the four went down slain to the pit, though they were the terror of the mighty.

1Ch 2:18-55

The persons mentioned in the former paragraph are most of them such as we read of, and most of them such as we read much of, in other scriptures; but very few of those to whom this paragraph relates are mentioned any where else. It should seem, the tribe of Judah were more full and exact in their genealogies than any other of the tribes, in which we must acknowledge a special providence, for the clearing of the genealogy of Christ.

  • 1. Here we find Bezaleel, who was head-workman in building the tabernacle, Ex. 31:2.
  • 2. Hezron, who was the son of Pharez (v. 5), was the father of all this progeny, his sons, Caleb and Jerahmeel, being very fruitful, and he himself likewise, even in his old age, for he left his wife pregnant when he died, v. 24. This Hezron was one of the seventy that went down with Jacob into Egypt, Gen. 46:12. There his family thus increased, as other oppressed families there did. We cannot but suppose that he died during the Israelites' bondage in Egypt; and yet it is here said he died in Caleb-Ephratah (that is, Bethlehem), in the land of Canaan, v. 24. Perhaps, though the body of the people continued in Egypt, yet some that were more active than the rest, at least before their bondage came to be extreme, visited Canaan sometimes and got footing there, though afterwards they lost it. The achievements of Jair, here mentioned (v. 22, 23), we had an account of in Num. 32:41; and, it is supposed, they were long after the conquest of Canaan. The Jews say, Hezron married his third wife when he was sixty years old (v. 21), and another afterwards (v. 24), because he had a great desire of posterity in the family of Pharez, from whom the Messiah was to descend.
  • 3. Here is mention of one that died without children (v. 30), and another (v. 32), and of one that had no sons, but daughters, v. 34. Let those that are in any of these ways afflicted not think their case new or singular. Providence orders these affairs of families by an incontestable sovereignty, as pleaseth him, giving children, or withholding them, or giving all of one sex. He is not bound to please us, but we are bound to acquiesce in his good pleasure. To those that love him he will himself be better than ten sons, and give them in his house a place and a name better than of sons and daughters. Let not those therefore that are written childless envy the families that are built up and replenished. Shall our eye be evil because God's is good?
  • 4. Here is mention of one who had an only daughter, and married her to his servant an Egyptian, v. 34, 35. If it be mentioned to his praise, we must suppose that this Egyptian was proselyted to the Jewish religion and that he was very eminent for wisdom and virtue, otherwise it would not have become a true-born Israelite to match a daughter to him, especially an only daughter. If Egyptians become converts, and servants do worthily, neither their parentage nor their servitude should be a bar to their preferment. Such a one this Egyptian servant might be that she who married him might live as happily with him as if she had married one of the rulers of her tribe.
  • 5. The pedigree of several of these terminates, not in a person, but in a place or country, as one is said to be the father of Kirjath-jearim (v. 50), another of Bethlehem (v. 51), which was afterwards David's city, because these places fell to their lot in the division of the land.
  • 6. here are some that are said to be families of scribes (v. 55), such as kept up learning in their family, especially scripture-learning, and taught the people the good knowledge of God. Among all these great families we are glad to find some that were families of scribes. Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets-all the families of Israel families of scribes, well instructed to the kingdom of heaven, and able to bring out of their treasury things new and old!