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1 Chronicles 2:50-55

King James Version (KJV)

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50. These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim, 51. Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. 52. And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the Manahethites. 53. And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54. The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55. 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.

1 Chronicles 2:50-55 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 2:50

Theological / Devotional

Sons of Caleb. Some believe there should be a period after “Caleb,” making this sentence belong with the preceding material, not with what follows. The statement would then bring to a close the list of Calebites mentioned in vs. 42-49 in words corresponding to those closing the line of Jerahmeel in v. 33.

The son of Hur. If a period was intended after “Caleb,” this statement should probably read “the sons of Hur,” in harmony with the LXX and the Vulgate. In that case a new beginning is here made of the sons of Hur, first-born son of Ephratah, wife of Caleb after the death of Azubah (v. 19).

Shobal. In ch. 4:1 the name Shobal occurs following that of Hur as the head of a subtribe of Judah.

Kirjath-jearim. One of the cities of the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:17).

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