1 Chronicles 2:11
in 1 Chronicles 2Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
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ASV
and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
KJV
And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
a leader of the descendants of Judah
on 1 Chronicles 2:10-17
Ram's line runs through Amminadab and Nahshon, a leader of Judah, to Boaz, Jesse, and David. Ruth 4:19 to 22 gives the same succession, and Matthew 1:3 to 6 carries it into the genealogy of Christ. Here David is Jesse's seventh son, while 1 Samuel 17:12 counts eight sons.
This site's exposition
Nahshon was the father of Salmon
Ruth 4:20 to 21 gives the same line, and Matthew 1:5 adds that Boaz was born to Salmon by Rahab. Boaz married Ruth the Moabite. The royal line takes in two women from outside Israel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It should seem, the tribe of Judah were more full and exact in their genealogies than any other of the tribes, in which we must acknowledge a special providence, for the clearing of the genealogy of Christ. Here we find Bezaleel, who was head-workman in building the tabernacle, Exod. xxxi. Hezron, who was the son of Pharez (
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and Salma begot Boaz Our Sages stated ( Baba Bathra 91a): “Ibzan is Boaz,” but it is amazing because how can this be? Did not Nahshon die in the second year following the Exodus from Egypt?
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Nahshon, the prince of the children of Judah He explains this only because of David’s honor.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנַחְשׁוֹן֙ | venachshon | and Nahshon | H5177 → | |
| הוֹלִ֣יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שַׂלְמָ֔א | salma' | Salma | H8007 → | 4 times |
| וְשַׂלְמָ֖א | vesalma' | and Salma | H8007 → | 4 times |
| הוֹלִ֥יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֹּֽעַז׃ | boaz | Boaz | H1162 → |
וְנַחְשׁוֹן֙and Nahshon
venachshonH5177 →
הוֹלִ֣ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שַׂלְמָ֔אSalma
salma'H8007 →4 times
וְשַׂלְמָ֖אand Salma
vesalma'H8007 →4 times
הוֹלִ֥ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֹּֽעַז׃Boaz
boazH1162 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
it leads to
- Ruth 4:18–22
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
- Isaiah 11:1–2
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- Matthew 1:3–6
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
- 1 Chronicles 2:10–15
Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 17:58
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
- Ruth 4:18–22
Through
Ruth 4:21Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
it leads to
- Luke 3:32
the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
- Matthew 1:5
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
- 1 Chronicles 2:11–12
Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
- Luke 3:32
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Berean Standard Bible, Ruth 4:20 to 21; Berean Standard Bible, Matthew 1:5; Jamieson Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.