24. Shecaniah (23) : Shemaiah, Hattush, IgaJ, Bariah, Neariah (25), Shaphat, 1 Ch 3-.
25. Neariah (24) : Elioenai (26), Hizkiah, Azri- kam.
26. Elioenai (25) : Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Jolianan, Delaiah, Anani, 1 Cli 3-*.
This completes the list of the descendants of David.
27. Zeruiah (Iti) ■ Abishai, Joab, Asahel, 1 Ch 2>«.
28. Abigail (16): ,f Jethcr) Amasa, 1 Ch 2".
29. Caleb (.'5) : Mesha f. Zipli, ss. Maresliah f. Hebron (3U), d. Achsah, 1 Ch •J^-■ '"''.
Caleb represent* the powerful clan of the Calebites of 8. Judah (see Caleb), The record in (2fl) is obscure ; LXX has Mareshah for Mesha (also Ki. who thinks an enumeration of n Mareshah must have stood at the nn^l of v. 42). Better We. that S8. .M. is uTitten to distinguish the gentilic name Mareshah from that of the city. On Achsah see art. (cf. Jg 114- ^^).
30. Hebron (29) : Korah, Tappuah, Rekem (31), Bhema (32), 1 Ch 2«
31. Rel<em (30): Shammai, Maon f. Betbzur, 1 Cli 2""'-.
32. Shema (.30) : Rahnm f. Jorkeani, 1 Ch 2".
33. Jahdai (?) : Keficin, .lotham, Gesban, Pelet, Ephali, .Shaaph (34), 1 Cli i".
The connexion of Jahd,ii with the foregoing Is not griven. His name evidently has fallen out of the text.
• Jehoaddan, 2 Ch •>51.
♦ Uzziah and Jechiliah, 2 Ch 2fl>. J Abijah, 2 Ch 281.
I Usually called Jeholachin, 2 K U"-.
34. Shaaph (.33) f. Madmannah : Slieva f. Mach- bena, and f. Gibea, 1 Ch 2'"'.
Vv.4« and 48 arc from another source, and to he aepanted from vv.45.47.4B f\ve. Ki.). since Ephah, in v.«« the name of a concubine of Caleb, in v.47 is the name ot a •. Sha;ii.li Thiii contenta appears in (35). V.4a i» an evident continuation ot v.47. Instead ot ' and she bare ■ (n^51) we should read (nyj) ' and ijhaapb begat.'
In the foregoing lists (29)-<34) Hebron, Tappuah, Maon, Ziph. Bethzur, Madmannah, and Gibea are well-known cities of Judah within the probable early domain ot the Calebites. To the»« probably should be added Shema (y.-y)=Shema (y:f ) (Jos 1526X Jorkeam (Dj,'p-];)= Jokdeam (c J'^:;) (Jos 16M). Pelet (oT5)= lieth- pelet(o'-? n-?) (Jos 1527), Machbena(Nj;;;)=Cabbon'(p2;)(Joe l.'')40). These towns suggest the transfer ot gentilic names to localities or the converse. While some ot the other nainesoccur elsewhere (Mesha, a king ol Moab, 2 K 34 ; Shammai, 1 Ch 41' ; Jotham, Jg 95 el at.; Sheva? 2 S 2025), they throw no light on the history behind these genealogies or the families or places recorded ; unless Korah a s. E-sau and district of Edoiii (Un 3C.5. 14. 16; ; Rekem, a king of Midian (Nu 31") ; Ephah, a Midian- ite tribe ; — all sen'e to confirm the indications found elsewhere of a close affinity between Caleb and the Edomites and adjoin- ing peoples. Raham (cri-i), a noun kindred with Jerahmeel (^x.tn-i'), — Jahdai, Regem, Geshan, and Shaaph are found only in this connexion.
35. Caleb (5) : o. (m. Azubah) d. Jerioth, Jeslier,
Shobab, Ardon, 1 Ch 2'8.
b. (m.c. Ephah) Haran, Moza, Gazez, 1 Ch •2«.
c. (m.c. Alaacah) Sheber, Tirhanah, 1 Ch 2".
d. (m. Ephrathah) Hur (36) (42), (Ashhur f. Tekoa), 1 Cb2'»-".
Caleb in (35) as in (29) represents the clan, and the descendants given in (35)-(39) unquestionably emboily traditions or convey historical infonnation respecting the families and localities ot the clan during ditferent periods of its history. The.v are t-aken from late material in 1 Ch (Ki.). During the pre-exilic period the Calebites dwelt in S. Judah (see Caleb). During the post-exilic period, owin^ to the aggression ot the f>loniiles, they seem to have moved farther north (or it taken into captivity were thus located on their return), and thus dwelt in the (listricts of Bethlehem and Kiriath-Jearim. This, the supposition ot We., seems clcarl.v proved from the geo^ji-apbical localities mentioned and indicated in 1 Ch 2^56, viz. Beth- lehem, Kiriath-jearira, Netopha, Bethgader, Zorah, F^htiiol, Atroth-lieth Joab (We. p. 'JSfl.) (see also (39)). The children ot Azubah (their names may be enigmatical) represent the families that belonged to the older place of residence, hence per- haps the mother's name Azubah (n;ni;0, 'abandoned.' Ephah and Maacah as concubines represent alien or Interior elements which coalesced with the clan. Ephrathah represents the dis- trict ot Bethlehem (see Epuratdah). The meaning and text ot 1 Ch 218 is uncertain. Jerioth is regarded as another name tor Azubah (Be.) or another wife with Azutah (Oe.), o- % daughter of Azubah fV'ulg. Ki. Ke. Zoe.), or the mother of Azubah, i.e. Azubah was her daughter (my"!; n;) (We. p. 33).
The ilT ot 1 Ch 224, which >ields an Abiah, wife ot Hezron and m. ot .Ashhur, is plainl.v corrupt. A tew slight changes give the appropriate rendering, 'And after the death ot Hezron, Caleb came unto Ephrathah, Uie wife of Hezron his father, and she bare unto him Ashhur.' The meaning seems to be : The pre-exilic inhabitants ot Ephrathali were Hezronites, repre- sented under E. the wife ot Hezron. The later settlement ot the Calebites is represented under the union ot C. with Ephrathah. Ashhur (iinY* .X = *iin c^'x, We. p. 16)18 evidently identical with Hur, the Qrstborn of Ephrathah (1 Ch 22'). On Gazez (SJ«) see art.
36. Hur (35'') (Uri, Bezalel, 1 Ch 2») : Shobal (37) f. Kiiiath-jearim (3S), Salraa (39) f. Bethlehem, Hareph £. Betligader, 1 Ch 2^'-.