Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Chronicles 2:42 - 2:42

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Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Chronicles 2:42 - 2:42


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Caleb: This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, and therefore called the brother of Jerahmeel. See the parallel texts. 1Ch 2:9, Chelubai, 1Ch 2:18-19, 1Ch 2:24

his firstborn: Gen 49:3; Exo 4:22-23; Rom 8:29; Heb 12:23

the father: i.e. the founder, Or, as the Targum renders, "the prince of the Ziphites;" for it was usual to call both the founder and the prince of a city its father.

Ziph: Jos 15:24; 1Sa 23:19, 1Sa 26:1

the father of Hebron: 1Ch 2:23-24, 1Ch 2:45, 1Ch 2:49, 1Ch 2:52, 1Ch 8:29; Ezr 2:21-35; Neh 7:25-38