1 Chronicles 1:7
in 1 Chronicles 1And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
KJV
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
This site's exposition
The sons of Japheth
on 1 Chronicles 1:5-7
The table of nations from Gen 10 begins, condensed and unglossed: Japheth's line, the coastland and northern peoples, Gomer and Magog and Javan among them. Chronicles keeps the whole human map in front of Israel before narrowing to Israel, so the election it traces sits inside a world it has named.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But Mizraim, from whom came the Egyptians, and Canaan, from whom came the Canaanites, are both of them names of great note in the Jewish story; for with their descendants the Israel of God had severe struggles to get out of the land of Egypt and into the land of Canaan; and therefore the branches of Mizraim are particularly recorded (
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), contain the sacred line of Christ from Adam to Abraham, and are inserted in his pedigree, Luke iii. 34-38 , the order ascending as here it descends. This genealogy proves the falsehood of that reproach, As for this man, we know not whence he is.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The sons of Javan - “But the sons of Macedon, Alsu, and Tarsus, Ilation, and Dardania, or, according to others, Elisha, Alam, Titsas, Achzavia, and Dardania, Ridom, and Chamen, and Antioch.” So says this Targum, which I shall henceforth designate by the letter T.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יָוָ֖ן | yavan | Javan | H3120 → | |
| אֱלִישָׁ֣ה | ʾelishah | [were] Elishah | H473 → | |
| וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה | vetarshishah | and Tarshish <towards> | H8659 → | |
| כִּתִּ֖ים | kitim | Kittim | H3794 → | |
| וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ ס | verodanim | and Rodanim | H1721 → |
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יָוָ֖ןJavan
yavanH3120 →
אֱלִישָׁ֣ה[were] Elishah
ʾelishahH473 →
וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהand Tarshish <towards>
vetarshishahH8659 →
כִּתִּ֖יםKittim
kitimH3794 →
וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ סand Rodanim
verodanimH1721 →
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
Daniel 11:30Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to…
it leads to
- Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 24:24
Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
- Genesis 10:4
Through
Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:6
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- Psalms 68:29
Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- Isaiah 49:7
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes…
- 1 Kings 10:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
- Psalms 45:12
The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- Isaiah 60:6
Through
Isaiah 23:1This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
it leads to
- Joel 3:4–8
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return…
- Joel 3:4–8
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.