about 1853. Dishan; Uz, and Aran. 43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. about 1676. q Gen. 36, 37. Or. Hadar, Gen. 36. 39. Or, Pau, Gen. 36. 39. about 1496. r Gen. 36. 40. 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Meab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, || Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was || Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 1 The sons of Israel. 3 The posterity of Judah by Tamar. 13 The children of Jesse. 18 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron. 21 Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir. 25 Jerahmeel's posterity. 34 Sheshan's posterity. 42 Another in one word, being the name of his son by Timna his concubine. Bp. Patrick. 43. Now these are the kings that reigned] Esau's posterity, having routed the clans or tribes, changed the government into a monarchy, which lasted for a considerable time; but when the monarchy, in the turn of human affairs, was come to an end, ver. 51, they still kept up a sort of government in the country, under distinct lords or dukes over particular districts. See Gen, xxxvi. 31-43. Pyle. The posterity of Judah, Jesse, &c. branch of Caleb's posterity. 50 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur. TH Before CHRIST 1752, &c. || Or, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Jacob. Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, a Gen. 29. 32. & 30. 5. & 35. 18, 22. & 46. 8, &c. 3. & 46. 12. 3 ¶ The sons of b Judah; Er, and b Gen. 38. Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, e Gen. 38. 2. the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. 4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the sons of Zerah; || Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and || Dara: five of them in all. d Gen. 38. Matt. 1. 3. 29, 30. e Ruth 4. 18. Or, Zabdi, f1 Kings 4. Josh. 7. 1. 31. Or, Darda. 7 And the sons of Carmi; || Achar || Or, Achan. the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and | Chelubai. 10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, g Josh. 6. 19. & 7. 1, 25. || Or, Aram, Matt. 1. 3. Or, Caleb, ver. 18. Ruth 4.19. 13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai 1 Sam. 16. 9. 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. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. || Or, Shammah, 18¶ And Caleb the son of Hezron about 1471. begat children of Azubah his wife, Chap. II. ver. 15.-David the seventh :] It appears from 1 Sam. xvi. 10. 18, that David was at that time the eighth son of Jesse. It is probable that one of the sons was dead before he came to the kingdom. 18. Caleb the son of Hezron] It is evident that this is not Caleb whom Moses sent to search out the land of Canaan, for he was the son of Jephunneh, of whom an account is given below at chap. iv. 15. This person is called Chelubai at ver. 9. of this chapter. Bp. Patrick. Jerahmeel's posterity. Before CHRIST and of Jerioth: her sons are these; | to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. about 1471. Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri k Exod. 31. begat * Bezaleel. 2. 21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the faHeb. took. ther of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 1 Numb. 32. 41. Deut. 3. 14. Josh. 13. 30. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat m Zabad, 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. Before CHRIST about 1471. m Chap. 11. 41. about 42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his 1471, &c. firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron ; Koral, 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 Beth-zur. 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Re 27 And the sons of Ram the first-gem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and born of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 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. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan and Jether died without children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 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 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 n Achsa. was 50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; || Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. n Josh. 15. 17. Or, Reaiah, chap. 4. 2. Or, half of the Menu chites, or, menuchoth. 53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, Hatsi-hamand the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, || Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. or, Atarites, or, crowns of the house of Joab. David's line to Zedekiah. Before CHRIST 1471, &c. o Judges 1. 16. p Jer. 35. 2. about 1053, &c. h 55 And the families of the scribes | || Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, son. the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of P Rechab. CHAP. III. 1 The sons of David. 10 His line to Zedekiah. 17 The successors of Jeconiah. NOW OW these were the sons of David, which were born unto him a 2 Sam. 3. 2. in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the seOr. Chileab, cond | Daniel, of Abigail the Car2 Sain. 3. 3. melitess: b Josh. 15. 56. b 2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: e 2 Sam. 3. 5. the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. d 2 Sam. 5. 2 Sam. 5. 14. 2 Sam. 11. 3. Or, Elishua, 2 Sam. 5. 15. I Or, Beeliada, chap. 14. 7. e 2 Sam. 13. 1. f1 Kings 11. 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; || Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of || Bath-shua the daughter of || Ammiel: 6 Ibhar also, and | Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and || Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and e Tamar their sister. f 10 ¶ And Solomon's son was ' Re43. & 15. 6. hoboam, || Abia his son, Asa his son, Or, Abijam, 1 Kings 15.1. Jehoshaphat his son, | Or, Azariah, 11 Joram his son, || Ahaziah his 2 Chron. 22. son, Joash his son, 6. & 21. 17. | Or, Uzziah, 2 Kings 15. 30. | Or, Jehoahaz. 2 Kings 23. 30. [ Or, Eliakim, 2 Kings 23. 34. || Or, Mattaniah, 2 Kings 24. 17. g Matt. 1. 11. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Heb. Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the i sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechial, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. 21 And the sons of Hananiah ; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: : the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and † Hezekiah, and Azrikam, Heb. + three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal chap 2.9. or, begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the fa milies of the Zorathites. 3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Id 12 Amaziah his son, || Azariah his bash: and the name of their sister 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn || Johanan, the second || Jehoiakim, the third || Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Chap. III. ver. 16. — Zedekiah his son.] Zedekiah is called the son of Jeconiah in a political sense, because was Hazelelponi: 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. chap. 2. 18. chap. 2. 52. || Or, Haroch, 5 ¶ And Ashur the father of Te- b Chap. 2. 24. koa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haa he succeeded him, for he was really his uncle, 2 Kings xxiv. 17. Bp. Wilson. Of Jabez, and his prayer. CHRIST 1300, &c. Naarah. I. CHRONICLES. The posterity and cities of Simeon. Before hashtari. These were the sons of and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and JaAnd Jabez was more honour-shubi-lehem. And these are ancient able than his brethren: and his mo- things. ther called his name || Jabez, saying, 23 These were the potters, and Because I bare him with sorrow. those that dwelt among plants and 10 And Jabez called on the God of hedges: there they dwelt with the thou will, &c. Israel, saying, Oh that thou would-king for his work. That is, sorrowful. + Heb. If † Heb. do me. Or, the city of Nahash. || Or, Hathath, and Meonothai, est bless me indeed, and enlarge my 24 The sons of Simeon were, 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 || Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah. 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: who begat &c. and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the || valley of || Charashim; for they were craftsmen. || Or, inhabitants of the valley. || That is, craftsmen. 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: | Or, Uknaz. and the sons of Elah, || even Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. || Or, the Jewess. [] Or, Jehudijah, mentioned before. c Gen. 38. 1, 5. 18 And his wife || Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 19 And the sons of his wife || Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 21 ¶ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, † like to the + Heb. unto. children of Judah. 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, d Josh. 19. 2. and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 And at || Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at || Tolad, 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Or, Balah, Josh. 19. 3. Josh. 19. 4. Their conquest of Gedor, &c. Before CHRIST Before CHRIST CHAP. IV, V. The line of Reuben unto the captivity. 39 ¶ And they went to the entrance | the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he about 715. of Gedor, even unto the east side of a defiled his father's bed, his birththe valley, to seek pasture for their right was given unto the sons of flocks. Joseph the son of Israel: and the & 49. 4. genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 1300, &c. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. Chap. IV. ver. 39. - the entrance of Gedor,] There was a place of this name belonging to Judah, mentioned at Josh. xv. 58, and another called Gederah, appertaining to the same tribe, mentioned at ver. 36, of the same chapter; out of which perhaps Judah had not driven the old inhabitants. But from the circumstance mentioned in the next verse, that "they of Ham had dwelt there of old," Bochart was inclined to think that Gedor is some place in Arabia, where, as he demonstrates, some of the posterity of Ham settled. Bp. Patrick. 41. And these written by name &c.] Their names were recorded at ver. 34-37: now the time is mentioned when the events took place in the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, that is, as some understand it, a little before the ten tribes were carried into captivity, or rather perhaps some time after it, when these Simeonites who were mixed with Judah, finding themselves much straitened, engaged in this expedition. Bp. Patrick. 42. And some of them,-went to mount Seir,] They settled themselves in the country of the Edomites, near mount Seir, being forced to seek for subsistence abroad, either when the Assyrians invaded their country, or after that event. They then smote the Amalekites that were escaped, that is, who remained after the destruction of their nation by Saul and David; and they 1300, &c. a Gen. 35. 22. 10. 2 For Judah prevailed above his b Gen. 49. 9, brethren, and of him came the chief c Mic. 5. 2. ruler; but the birthright was Jo- Mor, princ seph's :) 3 The sons, I say, of a Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, Gen. 46. 9. Numb. 26. 5. Exod. 6. 14. lath-pileser, 6 Beerah his son, whom || Tilgath- Or, Tigpilneser king of Assyria carried away 2 Kings 15. captive: he was prince of the Reu- 29. & 16. 7. benites. 7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of || Shema, the son of Joel, who or, dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon : e 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in Shemaiah, verse 4. e Josh. 13. 15, 16. "dwelt there unto this day," the king of Babylon not disturbing them in their new possessions. Bp. Patrick. Chap. V. ver. 2. -- but the birthright was Joseph's :)] As Reuben was the eldest son of Jacob, his posterity were, in course, to have enjoyed the privileges of seniority; but he having forfeited that claim by a crime against his father, the double portion which he would have received was given to the two sons of Joseph. Still the dignity and pre-eminence were allotted to the famous tribe of Judah. In this tribe was to be seen the long succession of princes and rulers, and out of this was promised the greatest of all princes, the Messiah. And this is the reason why Judah's genealogy was here first set down before those of either Reuben or Joseph. Pyle. 3. The sons,-of Reuben] Among the sons of Reuben succeeded the following persons, who in their several ages were the heads of the tribe; for all in the succession are not mentioned. Pyle. 9.- the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates:] The entrance of the wilderness of Kedemoth, Deut. ii. 26, which extended "from the river Euphrates." Bp. Patrick. 10.-the Hagarites,] The Ishmaelites descended from Hagar, who inhabited Arabia Deserta. |