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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Chronicles
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 60,920 words · 331 reading sections
1 Chronicles 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. 1 Chronicles 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES This and the following book were reckoned by the Jews as one book, as appears by the Masoretic note at the end of the second book, and as is affirmed by Origen {a} and Jerom {b}; and they were by the ancients {c} called Chronic…
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1 Chronicles 1:5 Ver. 5-27. The sons of Japheth, Gomer,.... Here begins the genealogy of the sons of Noah after the flood; of the sons of Japheth the elder, in this and the two following verses; next of the sons of Ham, the younger brother, 1Ch 1:8, then of Shem, whose posterity are mentioned last, because from him, i…
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1 Chronicles 1:28 Ver. 28-34. The sons of Abraham,.... The famous and well known ancestor of the Jews; of Ishmael his firstborn, and his posterity; of his sons by Keturah; and of Isaac and his sons, an account is given from hence to the end of 1Ch 1:34 entirely agreeing with that in Ge 25:1.…
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1 Chronicles 1:35 Ver. 35-37. The sons of Esau,.... The firstborn of Isaac; his posterity are named in this and the two following verses, as in Ge 36:1 only it should be observed, that Timna, 1Ch 1:36 is not the name of a man, but was the concubine of Eliphaz, the eldest son of Esau, and the mother of Amalek, Ge 36:12…
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1 Chronicles 1:38 Ver. 38-42. And the sons of Seir,.... This man and his posterity were not of the race of Esau, but are mentioned because they were a family into which Esau, and a son of his, married, and whose possessions he and his obtained. The account from hence, to the end of 1Ch 1:42 is the same with Ge 36:20, …
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1 Chronicles 1:43 Ver. 43-54. Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom,.... Which had its name from Esau, who was so called, Ge 25:30. From hence, to the end of the chapter, an account is given of the kings and dukes of Edom, in the same order as in Ge 30:31.…
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1 Chronicles 1:54 Ver. 54. See Gill on "1Ch 1:43". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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1 Chronicles 2:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 2 This chapter begins with the twelve sons of Israel or Jacob, 1Ch 2:1, then reckons the sons of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, 1Ch 2:3, then the posterity of Pharez and Zerah, sons of Judah, 1Ch 2:5, next the sons of Hezron, a son of Pharez, 1Ch 2:9, particularly the po…
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1 Chronicles 2:3 Ver. 3. The sons of Judah,.... The genealogy begins with him, though the fourth son of Jacob; because, as Kimchi says, this book treats chiefly of the kings of Judah; but rather not only because Jesse and David sprang from him, but also the King Messiah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, which three were bor…
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1 Chronicles 2:4 Ver. 4. And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah,.... Through incest; they were twins, Ge 38:27 all the sons of Judah were five; who are before mentioned by name.…
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1 Chronicles 2:5 Ver. 5. The sons of Pharez,.... One of the above twins, born to Judah: Hezron and Hamul; see Ge 46:12.…
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1 Chronicles 2:6 Ver. 6. And the sons of Zerah,.... The other twin of Judah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all; the Targum calls them governors, and adds, on whom the spirit of prophecy dwelt; and in the Jewish chronology {n} they are said to prophesy in Egypt; and the four last a…
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1 Chronicles 2:7 Ver. 7. And the sons of Carmi,.... The Targum adds, this is Zimri; but in Jos 7:1 Carmi is said to be the son of Zabdi, who seems to be the same with Zimri; and some supply the word here, and read {o} the sons of Zimri, Carmi, Achar, who was the grandson of Zimri; his proper name was Achan, Jos 7:1, b…
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1 Chronicles 2:8 Ver. 8. And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. Including his posterity, see Ge 46:23, the posterity of the other three sons of Zerah are not mentioned, either because the writer could not find the genealogy of them, as Kimchi; or rather, as he thinks, he cuts short the genealogy of Zerah, because the kingdom…
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1 Chronicles 2:9 Ver. 9. The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him,.... The Targum adds, in Timnath; but most likely in Egypt: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai; afterwards called Caleb.…
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1 Chronicles 2:10 Ver. 10-12. And Ram begat Amminadab,.... Ram is the same with Aram, Mt 1:3 the genealogy is carried down from him to Jesse in the same order as there, and in Ru 4:19 only here Nahshon the son of Amminadab is called the prince of the children of Judah; which Kimchi and Jarchi say is written for the h…
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1 Chronicles 2:13 Ver. 13-15. And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Nathanael the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. But Jesse had eight sons, 1Sa 16:10, one of them therefore is not reckoned, either because he was by another woman, and the writer…
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1 Chronicles 2:16 Ver. 16. Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail..... That is, sisters of David: and the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three; all valiant men and captains in David's army; their father's name is nowhere mentioned.…
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1 Chronicles 2:17 Ver. 17. And Abigail bare Amasa,.... Who was Absalom's general, afterwards reconciled to David, and designed to be made general of his army, but was slain by Joab, see 2Sa 17:25, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite; he is called an Israelite, 2Sa 17:25, and so in the Targum here, he be…
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1 Chronicles 2:18 Ver. 18. And Caleb the son of Hezron,.... The same that is called Chelubai, 1Ch 2:9 but not the same with Caleb the son of Jephunneh, made mention of in the books of Numbers, Joshua, and Judges: he begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; who were both his wives; or it may be rather, since…
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1 Chronicles 2:19 Ver. 19. And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath,.... The Targum is, "Miriam, who was called Ephrath"; but, according to Josephus {q}, it was his son Hur that was the husband of Miriam the sister of Moses: which bare him Hur; See Gill on "Ex 17:10". {q} Antiqu. l. 3. c. 2.…
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1 Chronicles 2:20 Ver. 20. And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. Who yet is not thought to be the same Bezaleel we read of in Ex 31:2 though the fathers and grandfathers of both have the same names, and were of the same tribe.…
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1 Chronicles 2:21 Ver. 21. And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead,.... Which Machir was the son of Manasseh, and Gilead was his grandson, Nu 26:29 the Targum is, "but he enticed a virgin, the daughter of Machir;'' which suggests, that he committed fornication with her, though he …
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1 Chronicles 2:22 Ver. 22. And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty three cities in the land of Gilead. Which, according to Kimchi, he inherited in right of his wife, which, he says, he took out of the land of Gilead; but they seem to be rather what he took by force of arms from the former inhabitants; see Nu 32:41.…
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1 Chronicles 2:23 Ver. 23. And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,.... Cities or countries which the Geshurites and Aramaeans, or Syrians, before inhabited; and which he took from them, together with other towns, which, being taken by him, were called after his name; the Targum is, the Geshuri…
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Jos 12:5 with Kenath, and the towns thereof; which Jair took by Nobah his general, and called it after his name, Nu 32:42, even sixty cities; see De 3:4 all these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead: being given him by Moses, Nu 32:40.…
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1 Chronicles 2:24 Ver. 24. And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah,.... Supposed to be the same with Bethlehem; and was so called, both from Caleb the son of Hezron, and Ephrath his wife, 1Ch 2:19, then Abiah, Hezron's wife, bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa; being left with child by him at his death; the wh…
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1 Chronicles 2:25 Ver. 25. And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the firstborn,.... So called by his father after the name of his brother, see 1Ch 2:9 and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah; or "of Ahijah", as some {r} render it, this being the name of his wife, who bare him the sons before …
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1 Chronicles 3:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 3 This chapter gives an account of the sons of David, born to him both in Hebron and in Jerusalem, 1Ch 3:1, and of his successors in the kingdom, to the Babylonish captivity, 1Ch 3:10, and of his family, to the coming of the Messiah, 1Ch 3:17. Ver. 1-4 Now these were the…
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1 Chronicles 3:5 Ver. 5-8. And these were born unto him in Jerusalem,.... Whose names follow, in all nine; there are but seven mentioned in 2Sa 5:14 the reason of which see in the notes there; See Gill on "2Sa 5:14". See Gill on "2Sa 5:15". See Gill on "2Sa 5:16". it may be observed that Bathsheba is here called Baths…
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1 Chronicles 3:9 Ver. 9. These were all the sons of David,.... By his wives: beside the sons of the concubines; who are not reckoned, and how many they were is not known; he had ten concubines at least, 2Sa 15:16 and 2Sa 20:3. And Tamar their sister; not the sister of the sons of the concubines, but of his other son…
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1 Chronicles 3:10 Ver. 10-14. And Solomon's son was Rehoboam,.... From hence to the end of the fourteenth verse, David's successors are reckoned, according to the order of their reign, unto Josiah and his sons: Solomon, Rehoboam, Abia, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah,…
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1 Chronicles 3:15 Ver. 15. And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan,.... Of whom we nowhere else read; he probably died before his father Josiah: the second Jehoiakim: whose name was Eliakim, changed for the former by the king of Egypt, when, he deposed his younger brother, and set him on the throne, 2Ki 23…
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1 Chronicles 3:16 Ver. 16. And the sons of Jehoiakim; Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. This is not the Zedekiah mentioned in the preceding verse; for he was not the son but the uncle of Jeconiah, unless he should be called his son because he succeeded him in the kingdom; but he seems to be another of that name, now…
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1 Chronicles 3:17 Ver. 17. And the sons of Jeconiah,.... For though he was pronounced childless, Jer 22:30, that respects not his having no children in any sense, but none to succeed him in the kingdom: Assir; which signifies bound, or a prisoner, because, as Kimchi thinks, he was born in a prison, his father then be…
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1 Chronicles 3:18 Ver. 18. Malchiram also,.... That is, was a son of Jeconiah as well as Salathiel, and so the rest that follow: and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah; Kimchi says these were the sons of Salathiel; but I rather think they were the sons of Jeconiah, and brethren of Salathiel, becau…
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1 Chronicles 3:19 Ver. 19-24. And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel and Shimei,.... Here arises a difficulty, since elsewhere Zerubbabel is said to be the son of Shealtiel, Hag 1:1 some think this is not the same Zerubbabel here as there; so Grotius {u}; but I see no reason for that; but this difficulty may be remo…
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1 Chronicles 3:24 Ver. 24. See Gill on "1Ch 3:19". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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1 Chronicles 4:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4 In this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah, and of some principal families in it, 1Ch 4:1 and of the tribe of Simeon, their families, cities, and villages, 1Ch 4:24 and of the enlargement of their borders, and conquest of the Amalekites, 1Ch 4:39. Ver. …
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1 Chronicles 4:2 Ver. 2. And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath,.... Reaiah is the same with Haroeh, 1Ch 2:52 the names are of the same signification: and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites; who inhabited Zoreah, as the Targum, at least part of it; see 1Ch 2:53.…
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1 Chronicles 4:3 Ver. 3. And these were of the father of Etam,.... Or of the prince of Etam: or, as the Targum, these are princes that dwelt in Etam, a place not far from Zorah, Jud 15:8 and is mentioned with Bethlehem and Tekoa in the tribe of Judah, 2Ch 11:6, namely, which follow: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; th…
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1 Chronicles 4:4 Ver. 4. And Penuel the father of Gedor,.... The prince of that place, according to some, and the same with Hareph, 1Ch 2:51, and Ezer the father of Hushah: thought to be the same with Shuah, 1Ch 4:11, these are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Caleb's wife, 1Ch 2:19 the Targum adds, the s…
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1 Chronicles 4:5 Ver. 5. And Ashur the father of Tekoa,.... A son of Hezron by Abiah, 1Ch 2:24 had two wives, Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.…
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1 Chronicles 4:6 Ver. 6. And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari,.... Of whom we have no account elsewhere: these were the sons of Naarah; the second wife of Ashur.…
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1 Chronicles 4:7 Ver. 7. And the sons of Helah,....] The other wife: were Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan: nowhere else mentioned.…
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1 Chronicles 4:8 Ver. 8. And Coz,.... Another son of Helah, and brother of the before mentioned: begat Anub, and Zobebah; of whom we nowhere else read: and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum; these were of the posterity of Coz; the Targum is, "and the family of Aharhel, this is Hur, the firstborn of Miriam;'…
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1 Chronicles 4:9 Ver. 9. And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren,.... The Targum adds, "and wiser in the law than his brethren;'' or he might be a man of great wealth and riches, or of great strength and courage, all which make a man honourable; or he may be so called, because a praying man, as follows, a ma…
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1 Chronicles 4:10 Ver. 10. And Jabez called on the God of Israel,.... Or prayed to him, as the Targum; though some understand it as a vow, promising what he would do if God would do thus and thus for him; the Syriac and Arabic versions read in the third person, taking it to be what others, his parents and friends, wis…
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1 Chronicles 4:11 Ver. 11. And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir,.... If Shuah is the same with Hushah, 1Ch 4:4, then Chelub was the son of Ezer: which was the father of Eshton; not the prince of a place called Eshton, as Vatablus; for it is the name of a man, the son of Mehir, and who in the next verse is said…
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1 Chronicles 4:12 Ver. 12. And Eshton begat Bethrapha,.... Or the family of Rapha: and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash; or the city of Nahash; Tehinnah seems to have been the prince or governor of a city, so called: these are the men of Rechah; these sons of Eshton dwelt in a place called Rechah; the Tar…
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1 Chronicles 4:13 Ver. 13. And the sons of Kenaz,.... Who was either the son of Chelub, or of Eshton: Othniel, and Seraiah; the first of these is he who is mentioned, Jos 15:17 and was the first judge in Israel: and the son of Othniel, Hathath; and the next mentioned.…
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1 Chronicles 4:14 Ver. 14. And Meonothai,.... Another son of Othniel: begat Ophrah; and Seraiah, the brother of Othniel, begat Joab; not David's general, but another of the same name, who lived long before him, see 1Ch 2:54 the father of the valley of Charashim: of the inhabitants of the valley, or the prince of the…
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1 Chronicles 4:15 Ver. 15. And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh,.... Jephunneh is not the same with Hezron, as the Targum, but another son of Kenaz, hence called the Kenezite, Jos 14:6 and brother of Othniel; and Caleb his son is the same that was sent one of the spies of the land of Canaan by Moses, see Nu 13:6…
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1 Chronicles 4:16 Ver. 16. And the sons of Jehaleleel,.... Who probably was the son of Uknaz: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel; there were two cities in the tribe of Judah of the name of Ziph, Jos 15:24, which might be called from these men, or from Ziph in 1Ch 2:42.…
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1 Chronicles 4:17 Ver. 17. And the sons of Ezra,.... Who was perhaps the son of Asareel, last mentioned: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; only one of them, Mered, is after mentioned: and she bare Miriam; which is not the name of a woman, but of a man, as Kimchi observes; and, according to him, his mother was…
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1 Chronicles 4:18 Ver. 18. And his wife Jehudijah,.... Another wife of Ezra; or, according to Kimchi, of Mered; a Jewess, as the word is by some rendered, to distinguish her from another wife, an Egyptian, in the latter part of the verse: bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel th…
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1 Chronicles 5:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 5 This chapter relates the genealogy of the tribes that lived on the other side Jordan; of the Reubenites, 1Ch 5:1, of the Gadites, 1Ch 5:11 of the half tribe of Manasseh, 1Ch 5:23 and of their war with the Hagarites, in conjunction with each other, and their conquest of …
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1 Chronicles 5:2 Ver. 2. For Judah prevailed above his brethren,.... That is, the tribe of Judah prevailed above the rest in number, in valour, and courage, and in dignity; wherefore the genealogy is not reckoned according to birthright, but dignity and dominion; hence this genealogical account began with Judah, [bec…
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1 Chronicles 5:3 Ver. 3. The sons, [I say], of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. As in Ge 46:9.…
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1 Chronicles 5:4 Ver. 4,5. The sons of Joel,.... Who was either the son of Carmi last mentioned, or rather of Hanoch, Reuben's firstborn, since the descendants of him were the princes of the tribe: his posterity in succession were, Shemaiah, Cog, Shimei, Micah, Reaia, Baal, Beerah; of whom we know no more than their n…
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