1 Chronicles 4:15 BSB

1 Chronicles 4:15

The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

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ASV

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.

KJV

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh,.... Jephunneh is not the same with Hezron, as the Targum, but another son of Kenaz, hence called the Kenezite, Jos 14:6 and brother of Othniel; and Caleb his son is the same that was sent one of the spies of the land of Canaan by Moses, see Num 13:6. his sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam; of whom we nowhere else read: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz; another Kenaz, or rather it should be read Uknaz; so Jarchi and Kimchi.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Caleb the son of Jephunneh - We have already met with this eminent person in Num 13:6, Num 13:30; Num 14:24, and elsewhere; and seen his courageous piety and inflexible integrity. The Targum says here, “They called him Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, because he had purged his soul from the counsel of the spies.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְנֵי֙	u.ve.Nei	and [the] sons of	H1121 →
כָּלֵ֣ב	ka.Lev	Caleb	H3612 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְפֻנֶּ֔ה	ye.fu.Neh	Jephunneh	H3312 →
עִ֥ירוּ	'I.ru	Iru	H5900 →
אֵלָ֖ה	'e.Lah	Elah	H425 →
וָנָ֑עַם	va.Na.'am	and Naam	H5277 →
וּבְנֵ֥י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] sons of	H1121 →
אֵלָ֖ה	'e.Lah	Elah	H425 →
וּקְנַֽז׃	u.ke.Naz	and Kenaz	H7073 →

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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
Numbers 14:24
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
leads to
- Numbers 14:6–9
  Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 14:6–14
  Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about…
- Numbers 32:11–12
  ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac,…
- Deuteronomy 1:36
  except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
Through
Numbers 13:30
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
leads to
- Numbers 14:24
  But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Romans 8:31
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Psalms 60:12
  With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

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