23 * Aid he cook p Geſhur and Aram q, with the * Nun; rowns of Jair r, from them s, wich Kenath ?, and the 32. 4r_ towns thereof, even chreeſcore cities : all theſe belonged Dent 314 to theſons of Machir «, the father of Giiead. IE
p Or, For he had taken. So this is the Reaſon why he had ſo great Y
a Territory and Juriſdittion givento him. 9 Two Cities or great Townsſo called. » 7. e. With thoſe 24 Cities which he is faid to have, v. 22, 57,e. from the former Inhabitants,which is eaſily underſtood. t Which was taken by Nobah, one of Jairs Commanders ſent by him.to take it, as may be gathered from Num. 3 2. 41, 42. u Partly :o his own Sons, and partly to his Son-in-law Jair, who by reaſon of that dear Affethon which was betwixt them, and his forſaking lis own Tribe and Kindred ro fight for them and to dwell with chem, 1s here reckoned as his own Son.
24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephra- tah x, then Abiah Hezrons wife bare bim Aſhur the facher of Tekoa z.
x A place then ſo called by a ConjunQien of the Names of the Man and his Wife ; afterwards tuppoſed to be called Bethlehem-Ephratah- Others tranſlate rhe words thus, When Caleb took Ephratah. So it is an Ellipfis of the Verb which is here to be underſtood our of wv. 19. where it is expretled, y Afffeer the fathers death. « A known place, 2 Sam, 14. 2, 4. Fer. 6. 1. Amos 1. 1. Whoſe Father he is called, becauſe he was either the Progenitour of the People inhabiting there: Or, their Prince and Ruler : Or, the Builder of the City,
25 And the ſons of Jerahmeel the firſt-born of Hez- ron were, Ram the firlt-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah a.
a Or, of ( the prefix, mem being oft underſtood ) 4%ijah, his Wife ſo called; as may ſeem probable from rhe next Verſe, where he mentions another Wife.
26 Jerahmeel had alſo another wife whoſe name was Atarah, ſhe was the mother of Onam.
27 And the ſons of Ram the firſt-born of Jerahmee! were Maaz, and 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.
39 And the ſons of Nadab, Scled, and Appaim: but Seled gligd without children,
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E + the father of the houſe of * Rechab.
b An Exoprefiion ofc uſed both afrerwards in this Verſe,and elſe-
where, and in prophane Authors roo, where there is but one Son. Ic is an Enailage of the number, which is frequent in the Hebrew.
32 And che ſons of Jada the brother of Shammai ; Je-
ther, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children,
22 And the fons of Jonathan ; Peleth, and Zaza.
Theſe were the ſons of Jerahmeel.
24 Now Sheſhan had no ſons c, but daughters : and
Sheſhan had a ſervant an Egyptian, whoſe name was Jarha.
c To wit, living when he died, his Son 4blai, v: 31: dying be- fore him : unlels Ahlai was the Name of a Daughter.
25 And Sheſhan gave his daughter to Jarha his Ser- vant to wife, and the bare him Arttai.
26 And Artai begat Nathan,and Nathan begat * Za-
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal,and Ephlal begat Obed,
38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begac Azariah,
39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begar Ele-1 aſah.
40 And Eleaſah begat Siſamai, and Siſamai begat Shallum, ;
41 And Shallum begat Jekamizh, and Jekamiah be- gat Eliſhama.
42 Now the ſons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel d were,Melha his firſt-born,which was the father of Ziphe: and the ſons of Mareſhah the farher of Hebron f.
4 To wit, of that Caleb mentioned v.18.as appears by comparing that Verſe with vi 25+ And theſe are his Sons by another and his third Wife. See on v: 18. e The Name either ofa Man : or of a Place, of which ſee Joſ. 15: 24, 55. And then Father is ro be under- ſtood here as v.23,and 24. f Not the place fo called, bur a Man ; as 15 evident becauſe his Sons here follow.
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 Shammat.
45 And the ſon of Shammai was Moan : and Moan was the father of Beth-zur g.
Zg A Place in Judah, Joſh;:15.58. See on w: 23/
46 And Ephah Calebs concubine bare Haran, Moza, and Gazez : and Haran begat Gazez.
47 And the ſons of Jahdai h ; Regem, and Jotham, and Geſhan, and Pelet, and Ephah,and Shaaph.
þ The Son of Gazez laſt mentioned : which is implied becauſe he follows next after him in the Genealogy. Or, The Sons of Moza : whoſe name might be changed into Jahaai for ſome reaſon now unknown.
48 Maachch Calebs Concubine bare Sheber and Tir- hanahs.
49 She bare alſo Shaaph the father of Madmannah z, Shevah the father of Machbenah,and the father of Gi-
and
| bea: and che daughter of Caleb was * Achſah.
; This, and divers other following Names are the Names of Places in Judah, and Father is meant as v. 32, 2
+ 5o Theſe were the ſons of Caleb the ſon of Hur,the firtt-born of Ephratah ; Shobal che father of Kirjath- jearim.
51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem &,Hareph the "Ss.
ther of Beth-gader /.
k To wit, in part: For Boaz deſcended from another $2/men, who was the Son of Naaſſan, v. uu. 4 Called alſo, Panuet the fatyer of Geaor, chap: 4: 4.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,had ſons;
[| Haroeh m,and || half of the Manahethices.
Pharhice, || Ataroth s, the houſe of Joab c, and half of the Manahethites «, the Zorites x,
q Of that Salma mentioned, wv. 51+. 7 i.e. The inhabitants of Bethlehem. s The name of a Perſon, or People. ; The Proge- nitors of Joab's Family. « The other half being mentioned w. 52. x For, to wit, the Zorite.
55 And the families of the Scribes y which dwelt at thites. Theſe are the * Kenices that came of Hemath
y Either Civil, who were Publick Notaries, who wrote and ſigned Legal Inſtruments : or Eccleſiaſtical. And thele were cither Lewires, '
or S/meonites,or rather Kenites,and are here mentioned nor as if they *
were of the Tribe of Judz, bur becauſe they dwelt among them, and probably were allied ro them by Marriages,and fo in a manner Incorporated with them. = Or, rather, dweis ; Heb. Were Dwell.rs,