11 And Nahshon begat 'Salma, and Salma with Kenath and the towns thereof, even threebegat Boaz, score cities. All these belonged to the sons of 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Machir the father of Gilead. Jesse. B. C. 1090. 13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 0 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 9 B. C. 1471. 18 ¶ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. : 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took Be 21 ¶ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he 10 married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 25 ¶ And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Orem, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And "the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Sham22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and mai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died twenty cities in the land of Gilead. Num. i. 7; ii. 3.7 Or, Salmon, Ruth iv. 21; Matt. i. 4. 2 Sam. xvi. 6. Or, Shammah, 1 Sam. xvi. 9. 2 Sam. ii. 18-2 Sam. xvii. 25.-2 Sam. xvii. 25, Ithra an Israelite. without children. P Ver. 50.- Exod. xxxi. 2. Num. xxvii. 1. 10 Heb. took. Numbers xxxii. 41; Deut. iii. 14; Joshua xiii. 30. Chap, iv. 5.- Lu Verses 34, 35. Verses 13-15. Eliab-Called also Elihu chap. xxvii. 18, unless that was another son of Jesse, as some think, not mentioned elsewhere; which would make the number to be eight, according to 1 Sam. vi. 10; xvii. 12. Or that Elihu, although there called the brother of David, might perhaps only be his kinsman, according to the usual language of Verse 23. All these belonged to the sons of Machir Seripture. David the seventh-David was certainly-Partly to his own sons, and partly to his son-inthe youngest son of Jesse, 1 Sam. xvi. 11. And if, law Jair, who by reason of that dear affection which as seems probable, one of them died soon after the was between them, and his forsaking his own tribe time when they were said to be eight, he would of and kindred to fight for them, and to dwell with course be reckoned as the seventh. them, is here reckoned as his own son. Verses 17, 18. Jether the Ishmaelite-By birth or habitation, but by profession an Israelite, 2 Sam. xvii. 25. And her sons-The sons of Azubah, who is by way of distinction called his wife, when Jerioth probably was only his concubine, and, it may seem, barren: therefore, upon Azubah's death he married another wife, verse 19. And those other sons of this Caleb, mentioned verse 42, are his sons by whether the word Gilead is here the name of a man, or of the country so called: if it be the latter, the expression means, the prince of Gilead, as the word father often signifies: if the former, the Gilead intended must have been a person of noted valour, probably the great champion in those parts. some other wife distinct from all these. Verse 21. The father of Gilead-It is doubtful Verse 24. The father of Tekoa-A known place, of which he is termed the father, because he was either the progenitor of the people who inhabited it, or their prince and ruler, or the builder of the city. Verse 31. The sons of Appaim, Ishi―The plural number is often used, when one son or daughter only is spoken of, for in that one, all the posterity are comprehended. Ahlai-It is plain from verses 34 and 35, that this Ahlai was not a son, but a daughter. The genealogy of 1. CHRONICLES. Caleb, the son of Hur. A. M. 2533. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Pe- || ran, and Moza, and Gazez: and A. M. 2533. leth, and Zaza. These were the Haran begat Gazez. sons of Jerahmeel. B. C. 1471. 34 ¶ Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, B. C. 1471. 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb y 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat || was Achsah. Obed, 50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Hur, the firstborn of "Ephratah; Shobal the Azariah, father of Kirjath-jearim, 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; 12 Haroeh, and 13 half of the Mana 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jeka- hethites. miah begat Elishama. 53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: of them came the Zareath 42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of 54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tap- Netophathites, 14 Ataroth, the house of Joab, and puah, and Rekem, and Shema. half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Suchathites. These are the 2 Kenites that Maon was the father of Beth-zur. came of Hemath, the father of the house of Verse 34. But daughters-We read of no more than one daughter that he had: but the writer speaks in the plural number, as before, verse 31. An Egyptian, whose name was Jarha-To whom, as being a proselyte to the Jewish religion, and a faith- || ful servant, his master Sheshan first gave his freedom, and then his daughter in marriage. Verse 45. The father of Beth-zur-A place in Judah, (Josh. xv. 58,) of which this Maon was the founder. The same is the meaning of the word father in several of the following verses. Madmannah, Machbenah, Gibea, &c., being the names not of persons, but of places. Verse 53. The families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, &c.-The inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim were divided into several families, as Kimchi interprets it, and these here mentioned were the heads of families, denominated from Ithra or Jether, and Puhah, &c. As from Jimni came the family of the Jimnites, and from Beriah the Beriites, in Num. xxvi. 44. Of them came the Zareathites, &c. or, Hatsihammenuchoth..-14 Or, Asarites, or, crowns of the house of Joab.- Judg. i. 16. Jer. xxxv. 2. Zarah and Eshtaul were two cities in the tribe of Judah, which were built by two persons of Kirjathjearim of this name, who inhabited these places, and left two great families, who were from them called Zareathites and Eshtaulites. Verse 54. The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem-That is, the inhabitants of Beth-lehem: and so of Ataroth, and the house of Joab, or, as it should rather be rendered, Beth-joab, for the writer is not speaking of a family, but of a place. The people of those towns, and the Manahethites, and the Zorites, were all the descendants of this Salma, the son of Caleb. So that, it appears, he had a very numerous posterity. Verse 55. The families of the scribes-Either civil, who were public notaries, that wrote and signed legal instruments; or ecclesiastical. And these were either Levites or Simeonites, or rather Kenites, and are here mentioned not as if they were of the tribe of Judah, but because they dwelt among them, and probably were allied to them by marriages, and so in a manner incorporated with them. The sons of David, CHAPTER III. CHAPTER III. Solomon, and Rehoboam. The sons of David, 1–9. His successors in the throne, 10-16. The remains of his family in and after the captivity, 17–24. 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, || 'Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, Ithream by Eglah his wife. с NOTES ON CHAPTER III. Verse 1. Daniel-This son is called Chileab, (2 Sam. iii. 3,) but whether he had two names, or there be an error in one of these passages, is not possible to determine. The other alterations in names, which are found in the following verses, may be corrected by the parallel passages in Samuel. As the genealogy of Judah was given first, because the dominion was vested in that tribe, and the Messiah was to descend from it; so, for similar reasons, the genealogy of David is particularly recorded, Verse 3. By Eglah his wife-Eglah is generally thought by the Jews to be Michal, Saul's daughter; who, some think, is peculiarly called his wife, because she was his only legal wife, according to the divine institution: all the rest he took according to the custom then reigning. See on 2 Sam. iii. 5. Verse 5. Of Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel In 2 Sam. xi. 3, she is called Bath-sheba, as she is through the whole Scripture, and her father Eliam. Solomon was the eldest of these four sons; but is mentioned last, because the discourse was to return to his genealogy, verse 10. Verse 8. Elishama and Eliphelet-These two names are mentioned before, verse 6. It is supposed that the two children so called had died in their infancy; and therefore David preserved their memory by giving their names unto two others, who were born afterward, and lived longer. Nine-Besides the four born of Bath-sheba, verse 5. There are 8 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, b 2 Samuel v. 14, 16.-i 2 Samuel xiii. 1.—k 1 Kings xi. 43; xv. 6.-7 Or, Abijam, 1 Kings xv. 1. Or, Azariah, 2 Chronicles xxii. 6, or, Jehoahaz, 2 Chron. xxi. 17.-9 Or, Uzziah, 2 Kings xv. 30.-10 Or, Jehoahaz, 2 Kings xxiii. 30. 11 Or, Eliakim, 2 Kings xxiii. 34.- 12 Or, Mattaniah, 2 Kings xxiv. 17. only seven mentioned 2 Sam. v. 16, those two, who died early, being there omitted. Verse 15. The firstborn Johanan-This Johanan is thought by many to be the same with Jehoahaz, who succeeded Josiah in the throne. But it seems more probable, as he is not mentioned in the book of Kings nor elsewhere in the Scriptures, that he died before his father. The fourth Shallum— Of whom, at least under that name, there is no mention in the history of the reign of Josiah's sons in 2 Kings: but in Jer. xxii. 11 there is mention of Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father; whom most conceive to be the same, who is otherwise called Jehoahaz, 2 Kings xxiii. And this seems most probable, 1st, From that phrase, He reigned instead of Josiah, which implies that he immediately succeeded his father, otherwise he would have been said to have reigned instead of his brother, as Zedekiah is said to have reigned instead of Jehoiachin, 2 Kings xxiv. 17. 2d, From the order of that discourse of Jeremiah, which was directed to Zedekiah, and his servants, and people, and whom he admonisheth by the examples of the kings his predecessors, and of the sentence of God concerning each of them, and that in the order in which they reigned; of Shallum, verse 11, &c.; of Jehoiakim, verse 18, &c.; of Jechoniah or Coniah, verse 28. 3d, From the nature of that prophecy, Jer. xxii. 11, 12, delivered concerning Shallum, which perfectly agrees to Jehoa A second genealogical A. M. 2951. son. 1 I. CHRONICLES. 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: 13 Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his account of Judah. B. C. 1053. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; A. M. 2951. Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Oba 17¶ And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, 14 Sa- diah, the sons of Shechaniah. lathiel his son. 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubba-six. bel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and 15 Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. Matt. i. 11.- 13 Or, Jehoiachin, 2 Kings xxiv. 6, or, Coniah, m 2 Kings xxiv. 17, being his uncle.- 14 Hebrew, Shealtiel. 15 Heb. Hiskijahu. haz, who was carried captive, not so far as Babylon, || were Malchiram, &c. The sons of Pedaiah, Zebut only to Egypt, a very near country; whence the rubbabel, &c.-But, Luke iii. 27, Zerubbabel is callpeople hoped that he would speedily and easily re-ed the son of Salathiel; and therefore he must have turn, or be re-established in his throne by the king of Egypt, in opposition to the king of Babylon. 4th, Because Jehoahaz was one of Josiah's younger sons, (2 Kings xxiii. 31, 36,) and this Shallum is here called his fourth son. Verse 16. Zedekiah his son-This was another Zedekiah. How seldom has a crown gone in a direct line, from father to son, as it did here, for seventeen generations! This was the recompense of David's piety. About the captivity, the lineal descent was interrupted, and the crown went from a nephew to an uncle, a presage of the glory's departing from that house. Verse 17. The sons of Jeconiah, Assir-The word, Assir, means captive, or prisoner, and does not appear to be a person's name here, but to be added to signify that Jeconiah begat his son Salathiel when he was a captive in Babylon, according to Matt. i. 12. been the son of Pedaiah only by adoption; or else Salathiel dying without children, Pedaiah begat Zerubbabel of his wife, and so raised up seed to his brother. Thus Zerubbabel was the son of Pedaiah, because begotten by him, and yet the son of Salathiel, because begotten of his wife to be his heir. Shelomith their sister-Sister to the last two named sons of Zerubbabel, namely, by both parents; and therefore named before the other five, (verse 20,) who were her brethren by the father, but not by the mother. Verses 21, 22. The sons of Shechaniah-All these, both parents and their sons blended together, are I mentioned as the sons of Hananiah, and branches of the royal stock. Six-Including the father. But the Hebrew word, shisha, which is rendered six, may be the proper name of one of the sons of Shemaiah. As the family of David was the most considerable of any of the tribe of Judah, the genealogy of his descendants was preserved with great care Verses 18, 19. Malchiram also, and Pedaiah-- and exactness; and is here recorded in part, to assist These were the sons of Salathiel: and there is there- us in tracing the descent of our Lord Jesus Christ fore something to be supplied, to make the sense of from him, that we might have that proof, among this verse plain; namely, The sons of Salathiel || others, of his being the true Messiah. CHAPTER IV. The posterity of Shobal, 1-4. Of Ashur, 5-8. The character and prayer of Jabez, 9, 10. The posterity of Chelub and others, 11-20. Of Shelah, 21-23. The posterity, cities, and victories of Simeon, 24-43. B. C. 1300. a A. M. 2704. THE sons of Judah; Pharez, Hez- || 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat A. M. 2704. ron, and 1Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. a Gen. xxxviii. 29; xlvi. 12.1 Or, Chelubai, Chap. ii. 9, or Caleb, Chapter ii. 18. Or, Haroeh, Chapter ii. 52 NOTES ON CHAPTER IV. Verse 1. The sons of Judah—The posterity: for only Pharez was his immediate son. But they are 2 all mentioned here only to show Shobal's descent from Judah. Verses 2, 3. The families of the Zorathites-So 5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two requested. wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of 6 Irnahash. 7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and These are the men of Rechah. Jezcar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9¶And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren and his mother called his name Chapter ii. 50. That is, sorrowful. d Chapter ii. 24. Genesis xxxiv. 19. denominated, not from a man, but a place named Zoreah, (chap. ii. 53, and Josh. xv. 33,) situated in the tribe of Judah. Here several families of that tribe settled; who were descended from Jahath, Ahumai, and Lahad, the sons and grandsons of Shobal. Of the father of Etam-Descended from the proprietor or chief man of a place, called Etam, which was in this tribe, verse 32. 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; "Hathath. 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of 9 Charashim; for they were craftsmen. not say in what respect he desired God to bless and the presence of his power. God's hand with Verse 10. Jabez called on the God of Israel- |