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42. 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. 43. And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44. And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. 45. And the son of Shammai [was] Maon: and Maon [was] the father of Bethzur.
1 Chronicles 2:42-45 — KJV
Sons of Caleb. These were probably the sons of Jerioth, one of the wives of Caleb (see v. 18), since Jerioth’s children have not been named before.
Mesha. The same name as that of a king of Moab (2 Kings 3:4) whose monument, the famous Moabite Stone, was found in 1868 at Dibon in Moab, though, of course, there is no connection. Being the father of Ziph, Mesha was probably the head of a Calebite clan that settled at Ziph, to the south of Hebron (Joshua 15:54, 55; 1 Sam. 23:14).
Ziph. Many of the names that follow are of geographical significance. Probably the descendants were named after geographical sites, or the sites bore the name of their founders. Ziph was in the hill country of Judah, and Mareshah was in the Shephelah of Judah, northwest of Hebron.
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