1 Chronicles 2:13
in 1 Chronicles 2Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
KJV
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseEliab - Called also Elihu, chap. xxvii, 18, unless that was another person, and the word brother be taken more largely for a kinsman, as it is frequently.
This site's exposition
prince of the children of Judah
on 1 Chronicles 2:10-17
Ram's line runs through Amminadab and Nahshon, prince of Judah in the wilderness camp, to Boaz and Jesse and David, the same succession Ruth 4:19-22 gives and Matthew 1:3-6 carries into the genealogy of Christ. David is numbered seventh of Jesse's sons here, while 1 Samuel 17:12 counts eight; the readings, that one brother died without issue, or that the Chronicler names only the seven whose lines mattered to his purpose, are held without a verdict. Zeruiah and Abigail appear as David's sisters, and Zeruiah's sons Abishai, Joab and Asahel become his commanders, while Abigail's son Amasa, born to an Ishmeelite father, later commands Absalom's army against his own kinsmen.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Nathanael the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And Ishai begot his firstborn This is written with the plene spelling, with an “aleph,” meaning that he was a man (אִישׁ), a mighty warrior.
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִישַׁ֛י | veishai | and Jesse | H3448 → | 42 times |
| הוֹלִ֥יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּכֹר֖וֹ | bekhoro | firstborn his | H1060 → | 122 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱלִיאָ֑ב | ʾeliav | Eliab | H446 → | 21 times |
| וַאֲבִינָדָב֙ | vaavinadav | and Abinadab | H41 → | 12 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֔י | hasheni | the second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| וְשִׁמְעָ֖א | veshima' | and Shimea | H8092 → | 5 times |
| הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי׃ | hashelishi | the third | H7992 → | 107 times |
וְאִישַׁ֛יand Jesse
veishaiH3448 →42 times
הוֹלִ֥ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּכֹר֖וֹfirstborn his
bekhoroH1060 →122 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֱלִיאָ֑בEliab
ʾeliavH446 →21 times
וַאֲבִינָדָב֙and Abinadab
vaavinadavH41 →12 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֔יthe second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
וְשִׁמְעָ֖אand Shimea
veshima'H8092 →5 times
הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי׃the third
hashelishiH7992 →107 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
1 Samuel 17:28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep…
it leads to
- Matthew 10:36
A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
- Genesis 37:8
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
- Proverbs 18:19
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
- Genesis 37:4
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
- Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Matthew 10:36
Through
1 Chronicles 20:7and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:9
Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
- 1 Samuel 17:26
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he…
- 1 Samuel 16:9
Through
1 Chronicles 27:18over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:6
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
- 1 Samuel 16:6
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; 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) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.