Charashim

How Nave’s arranged it

• Valley of1 Chronicles 4:14Nehemiah 11:35

The passages, in Bible order (2)

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1. 1 Chronicles 4:14

   Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 4:142 voices

   “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 them, called the valley of craftsmen, Neh 11:35 the reason of which is here given: for they were craftsmen; that dwelt in it, carpenters and smiths, both which the word signifies, men that wrought in stone, wood, and iron.

   “17, 18. she bare Miriam--It is difficult, as the verses stand at present, to see who is meant. The following readjustment of the text clears away the obscurity: "These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took, and she bare Miriam, and his wife Jehudijah bare Jezreel," &c.

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2. Nehemiah 11:35

   Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 11:351 voice

   “Lod, and Ono - These towns were built by the sons of Elpaal, 1Ch 8:12. The valley of craftsmen - See 1Ch 4:14. Probably this latter town was built in this valley.

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