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1 Chronicles 2:21-24

King James Version (KJV)

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21. 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. 22. And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23. 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. 24. And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

1 Chronicles 2:21-24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 2:21

Theological / Devotional

Afterward Hezron. Verses 21-24 deal with another group of Hezronites, who established themselves in Gilead, east of the Jordan.

The daughter of Machir. Machir was the first-born of Manasseh, also the father of Gilead (Joshua 17:1; Num. 26:29 ; 32:39, 40).

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