1 Chronicles 1:44
in 1 Chronicles 1When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
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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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
3 notes on this verseBela 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.
This site's exposition
before any king reigned
on 1 Chronicles 1:43-54
The chapter's last movement repeats Gen 36:31's pointed note: Edom crowned kings before any king reigned over the children of Israel. To a post-exilic reader with no king at all, the sentence carries weight both ways, for the brother nation ran ahead early and its kings are now a closed list of the dead, while the line this book traces is still alive and still carrying a promise. The dukes of Edom close the chapter, and the sons of Israel open the next.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful. By the breach which the former made of the covenant of innocency, we were all made miserable; by the covenant of grace made with the latter, we all are, or may be, made happy. We all are, by nature, the seed of Adam, branches of that wild olive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֖מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| בָּ֑לַע | bala' | Bela | H1106 → | 14 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| תַּחְתָּ֔יו | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
| יוֹבָ֥ב | yovav | Jobab | H3103 → | 9 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| זֶ֖רַח | zerach | Zerah | H2226 → | 21 times |
| מִבָּצְרָֽה׃ | mibatzerah | from Bozrah | H1224 → |
וַיָּ֖מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
בָּ֑לַעBela
bala'H1106 →14 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְand he reigned
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
תַּחְתָּ֔יוin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
יוֹבָ֥בJobab
yovavH3103 →9 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
זֶ֖רַחZerah
zerachH2226 →21 times
מִבָּצְרָֽה׃from Bozrah
mibatzerahH1224 →
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
Isaiah 63:1Who 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.”
it 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?
- Revelation 19:13
Through
Amos 1:12So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
it 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 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 49:13
Through
Micah 2:12I 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…
it 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.
- Micah 4:6–7
Through
Isaiah 34:6The 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…
it 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.”
- Isaiah 63:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).