1 Chronicles 2:25
in 1 Chronicles 2The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
KJV
And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the firstborn,.... So called by his father after the name of his brother, see 1Ch 2:9. and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah; or "of Ahijah", as some (r) render it, this being the name of his wife, who bare him the sons before named, since mention is made of another wife in the next verse. (r) Junius, Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.
This site's exposition
the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah
on 1 Chronicles 2:25-41
Jerahmeel's branch runs eleven generations in bare names, several closing with the notice that a son died without children, the record's own way of marking a line that goes no further. It ends in Sheshan, who had no sons, so he gave his daughter to Jarha, his Egyptian servant, and their marriage carries the family six more generations to Elishama, an Egyptian proselyte grafted into Judah much as the Moabite woman Ruth is grafted into Ram's own line earlier in this chapter.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And Ahijah - There is no “and” in the original. Hence, some would read: “the sons” were born “of” or “from Ahijah,” the first wife of Jerahmeel (see the next verse).
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּהְי֧וּ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְרַחְמְאֵ֛ל | yerachmeel | Jerahmeel | H3396 → | 8 times |
| בְּכ֥וֹר | bekhor | [the] firstborn of | H1060 → | 122 times |
| חֶצְר֖וֹן | chetzron | Hezron | H2696 → | 18 times |
| הַבְּכ֣וֹר׀ | habekhor | the firstborn | H1060 → | 122 times |
| רָ֑ם | ram | Ram | H7410 → | 7 times |
| וּבוּנָ֥ה | uvunah | and Bunah | H946 → | |
| וָאֹ֛רֶן | vaoren | and Oren | H767 → | |
| וָאֹ֖צֶם | vaotzem | and Ozem | H684 → | |
| אֲחִיָּֽה׃ | ʾachiyah | Ahijah | H281 → | 24 times |
וַיִּהְי֧וּand they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
בְנֵי־[the] sons of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יְרַחְמְאֵ֛לJerahmeel
yerachmeelH3396 →8 times
בְּכ֥וֹר[the] firstborn of
bekhorH1060 →122 times
חֶצְר֖וֹןHezron
chetzronH2696 →18 times
הַבְּכ֣וֹר׀the firstborn
habekhorH1060 →122 times
רָ֑םRam
ramH7410 →7 times
וּבוּנָ֥הand Bunah
uvunahH946 →
וָאֹ֛רֶןand Oren
vaorenH767 →
וָאֹ֖צֶםand Ozem
vaotzemH684 →
אֲחִיָּֽה׃Ahijah
ʾachiyahH281 →24 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.