1 Chronicles 2:21
in 1 Chronicles 2Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
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ASV
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
KJV
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hezron . . . daughter of Machir the father of Gilead--that is, chief of that town, which with the lands adjacent was no doubt the property of Machir, who was so desirous of a male heir.
This 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.
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And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead,....
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַחַ֗ר | veachar | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| בָּ֤א | ba' | he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| חֶצְרוֹן֙ | chetzron | Hezron | H2696 → | 18 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| מָכִיר֙ | makhir | Makir | H4353 → | 22 times |
| אֲבִ֣י | ʾavi | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| גִלְעָ֔ד | gilad | Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| וְה֣וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לְקָחָ֔הּ | lekachah | he had taken her | H3947 → | 966 times |
| וְה֖וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שִׁשִּׁ֣ים | shishim | sixty | H8346 → | 59 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַתֵּ֥לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׂגֽוּב׃ | seguv | Segub | H7687 → |
וְאַחַ֗רand after
veacharH310 →715 times
בָּ֤אhe went
ba'H935 →2568 times
חֶצְרוֹן֙Hezron
chetzronH2696 →18 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
מָכִיר֙Makir
makhirH4353 →22 times
אֲבִ֣י[the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
גִלְעָ֔דGilead
giladH1568 →134 times
וְה֣וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
לְקָחָ֔הּhe had taken her
lekachahH3947 →966 times
וְה֖וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שִׁשִּׁ֣יםsixty
shishimH8346 →59 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַתֵּ֥לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
ל֖וֹto him
lo
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׂגֽוּב׃Segub
seguvH7687 →
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
Numbers 27:1Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of…
it leads to
- Numbers 26:33
Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Numbers 26:33
Through
Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
it leads to
- Numbers 32:39
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Genesis 30:3
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
- Job 42:16
After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- Numbers 32:39
Through
Numbers 26:29These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
it leads to
- Joshua 17:1
Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir…
- Numbers 36:1
Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families…
- Joshua 17:1
Through
Deuteronomy 3:15To Machir I gave Gilead,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:39–40
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Numbers 32:39–40
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on 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 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
