1 Chronicles 2:3
in 1 Chronicles 2The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.
KJV
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseJudah - Whom he puts first, because the best part of the right of the firstborn, namely, the dominion, was conferred upon him, Gen. xlix, 8, and because the Messiah was to come out of his loins.
This site's exposition
was wicked in the sight of the LORD
on 1 Chronicles 2:3-4
Er's wickedness is stated without explanation, a moral note the compressed list keeps rather than smooths over from Genesis 38. The tribe's record does not run through Er but through the twins Tamar bore by Judah, so Judah's line remembers a scandal it never hid.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The sons of Judah,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The sons of Judah--His descendants are enumerated first, because the right and privileges of the primogeniture had been transferred to him (Ge 49:8), and because from his tribe the Messiah was to spring.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| עֵ֤ר | ʾer | Er | H6147 → | 10 times |
| וְאוֹנָן֙ | veonan | and Onan | H209 → | |
| וְשֵׁלָ֔ה | veshelah | and Shelah | H7956 → | |
| שְׁלוֹשָׁה֙ | sheloshah | three [sons] | H7969 → | 432 times |
| נ֣וֹלַד | nolad | it was born | H3205 → | 496 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| מִבַּת־ | mibat- | from Bath- | H1323 → | 588 times |
| שׁ֖וּעַ | shua' | -shua | H7770 → | |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑ית | hakenaanit | the Canaanite [woman] | H3669 → | |
| וַיְהִ֞י | vayhi | and he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עֵ֣ר׀ | ʾer | Er | H6147 → | 10 times |
| בְּכ֣וֹר | bekhor | [the] firstborn of | H1060 → | 122 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| רַ֛ע | ra' | evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיְמִיתֵֽהוּ׃ ס | vaymitehu | and he put to death him | H4191 → | 839 times |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
עֵ֤רEr
ʾerH6147 →10 times
וְאוֹנָן֙and Onan
veonanH209 →
וְשֵׁלָ֔הand Shelah
veshelahH7956 →
שְׁלוֹשָׁה֙three [sons]
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
נ֣וֹלַדit was born
noladH3205 →496 times
ל֔וֹto him
lo
מִבַּת־from Bath-
mibat-H1323 →588 times
שׁ֖וּעַ-shua
shua'H7770 →
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑יתthe Canaanite [woman]
hakenaanitH3669 →
וַיְהִ֞יand he was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
עֵ֣ר׀Er
ʾerH6147 →10 times
בְּכ֣וֹר[the] firstborn of
bekhorH1060 →122 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
רַ֛עevil
ra'H7451 →662 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיְמִיתֵֽהוּ׃ סand he put to death him
vaymitehuH4191 →839 times
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
Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
it leads to
- Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3–8
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.
- Genesis 46:12
Through
Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
it leads to
- Genesis 38:10
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
- Genesis 38:7
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21
The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
- Genesis 29:35
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
- Numbers 26:19–21
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 38:10
Through
1 Chronicles 9:5From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
it leads to
- Numbers 26:20
These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
- Numbers 26:20
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.