1 Chronicles 1:44 BSB

1 Chronicles 1:44

When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

BSB

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ASV

And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

KJV

And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Bela was dead - “Being killed by Phineas, in the wilderness.” - T. Jobab the son of Zerah - Supposed by some to be the same as Job, whose book forms a part of the canon of Scripture. But in their names there is no similarity; Job being written איוב aiyob; Jobab, יובב yobab. See the notes on Job, and the parallel place in Genesis.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֖מָת	vai.Ya.mot	and he died	H4191 →
בָּ֑לַע	Ba.la'	Bela	H1106 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ	vai.yim.Lokh	and he reigned	H4427 →
תַּחְתָּ֔יו	tach.Tav	in place of him	H8478 →
יוֹבָ֥ב	yo.Vav	Jobab	H3103 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
זֶ֖רַח	Ze.rach	Zerah	H2226 →
מִבָּצְרָֽה׃	mi.ba.tze.Rah	from Bozrah	H1224 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 63:1
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
leads to
- Revelation 19:13
  He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
- Isaiah 34:5–6
  When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
- Psalms 137:7
  Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Isaiah 63:2–3
  Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Through
Amos 1:12
So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 49:13
  For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Micah 2:12
I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its…
leads to
- Micah 4:6–7
  “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
Through
Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in…
leads to
- Isaiah 63:1
  Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

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PlaceEdomBozrahFortified Edomite city named in the judgment oracles (Isa 34:6; 63:1; Jer 49:13; Amos 1:12).

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Where the connections lead

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