1 Chronicles 2:18
in 1 Chronicles 2Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
KJV
And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth
on 1 Chronicles 2:18-24
Caleb's line through Hezron runs to Hur and then to Uri and Bezaleel, the same three-generation descent Exodus 31:2 gives for the craftsman the LORD filled with skill to raise the tabernacle, so the tribe that produces the king also produces the man who first built the pattern David will later hand to Solomon. Hezron himself fathered a son in old age, Ashur the father of Tekoa, after the text has already recorded his death in Caleb-ephratah, an order the record leaves standing rather than explains.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Her sons - The sons of Azubah, who is by way of distinction called his wife, when Jerioth probably was only his concubine, and, it may seem, barren: therefore upon Azubah's death he married another wife. And those other sons of this Caleb mentioned, ver. 42, are his sons by some other wife distinct from all these.
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And Caleb the son of Hezron,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Azubah - “And why was she called Azubah? Because she was barren and despised. But her injury was manifested before the Lord; and she was comforted, and adorned with wisdom; and she span, skilfully, goats’ hair for the court of the tabernacle.” - T.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In the remainder of this chapter the writer obtains scarcely any assistance from the earlier Scriptures, and must have drawn almost entirely from genealogical sources, accessible to him, which have since perished. Azubah was Caleb’s wife; Jerioth his concubine. He had children by both; but those of Azubah are alone recorded.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָלֵ֣ב | vekhalev | and Caleb | H3612 → | 35 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֶצְר֗וֹן | chetzron | Hezron | H2696 → | 18 times |
| הוֹלִ֛יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲזוּבָ֥ה | ʾazuvah | Azubah | H5806 → | |
| אִשָּׁ֖ה | ʾishah | a wife | H802 → | 781 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יְרִיע֑וֹת | yeriot | Jerioth | H3408 → | |
| וְאֵ֣לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בָנֶ֔יהָ | vaneiha | [were] sons her | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יֵ֥שֶׁר | yesher | Jesher | H3475 → | |
| וְשׁוֹבָ֖ב | veshovav | and Shobab | H7727 → | 4 times |
| וְאַרְדּֽוֹן׃ | veardon | and Ardon | H715 → |
וְכָלֵ֣בand Caleb
vekhalevH3612 →35 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
חֶצְר֗וֹןHezron
chetzronH2696 →18 times
הוֹלִ֛ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲזוּבָ֥הAzubah
ʾazuvahH5806 →
אִשָּׁ֖הa wife
ʾishahH802 →781 times
וְאֶת־and with
veetH854 →929 times
יְרִיע֑וֹתJerioth
yeriotH3408 →
וְאֵ֣לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
בָנֶ֔יהָ[were] sons her
vaneihaH1121 →4930 times
יֵ֥שֶׁרJesher
yesherH3475 →
וְשׁוֹבָ֖בand Shobab
veshovavH7727 →4 times
וְאַרְדּֽוֹן׃and Ardon
veardonH715 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.