1 Chronicles 2:42
in 1 Chronicles 2The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
KJV
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseNow the sons of Caleb - This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, 1Ch 2:18, 1Ch 2:50. But some think that Caleb the son of Hezron was the grandson of Caleb, son of Jephunneh; but this is probably fanciful. The father of Ziph - “The prince of the Ziphites.” - T.
This site's exposition
the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn
on 1 Chronicles 2:42-50
A second Caleb, grandson of the Caleb who fathered Hur, opens his own list of descendants called fathers of Ziph, Hebron and other towns in Judah's hill country, a formula the bench reads as founder or prince of each place rather than literal begetting. The name Caleb belongs to two distinct men here, one the son of Hezron and one his own grandson, and the text leaves the repetition standing without comment.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A third line of descent from Caleb, the son of Hezron, the issue probably of a different mother, perhaps Jerioth 1Ch 2:18. The supposed omissions in this verse have been supplied as follows: (1) “Mesha, the father of Ziph; and the sons of Ziph, Mareshah, the father of Hebron;” or (2) “Mareshah, the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Ziph, Hebron.” Ziph, like Jorkoam 1Ch 2:44 and Beth-zur 1Ch 2:45, is the name of a place where the respective chiefs (“fathers”) settled. Similarly Madmannah, Machbenah, and Gibea 1Ch 2:49, Kirjath-jearim (Jos 9:17 note), Bethlehem and Beth-gader (Jedur, 1Ch 2:51) are unmistakeable names of places in the list, names which it is not probable were ever borne by persons.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֤י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| כָלֵב֙ | khalev | Caleb | H3612 → | 35 times |
| אֲחִ֣י | ʾachi | [the] brother of | H251 → | 630 times |
| יְרַחְמְאֵ֔ל | yerachmeel | Jerahmeel | H3396 → | 8 times |
| מֵישָׁ֥ע | meisha' | Mesha | H4337 → | |
| בְּכֹר֖וֹ | bekhoro | firstborn his | H1060 → | 122 times |
| ה֣וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֲבִי־ | ʾavi- | [was] [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| זִ֑יף | zif | Ziph | H2128 → | |
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מָרֵשָׁ֖ה | mareshah | Mareshah | H4337 → | |
| אֲבִ֥י | ʾavi | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| חֶבְרֽוֹן׃ | chevron | Hebron | H2275 → | 72 times |
וּבְנֵ֤יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
כָלֵב֙Caleb
khalevH3612 →35 times
אֲחִ֣י[the] brother of
ʾachiH251 →630 times
יְרַחְמְאֵ֔לJerahmeel
yerachmeelH3396 →8 times
מֵישָׁ֥עMesha
meisha'H4337 →
בְּכֹר֖וֹfirstborn his
bekhoroH1060 →122 times
ה֣וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
אֲבִי־[was] [the] father of
ʾavi-H1 →1212 times
זִ֑יףZiph
zifH2128 →
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
מָרֵשָׁ֖הMareshah
mareshahH4337 →
אֲבִ֥י[the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
חֶבְרֽוֹן׃Hebron
chevronH2275 →72 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
Romans 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
it leads to
- Ephesians 1:4–5
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
- 2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- 1 Peter 1:20
He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
- Ephesians 1:4–5
Through
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 26:3
Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 26:1
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
- 1 Samuel 26:3
Through
1 Samuel 26:1Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
it leads to
- Psalms 54:1–7
Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 54:1–7
About 1 Chronicles

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonWilderness / ConquestCalebOf Judah, one of the twelve spies — the man of another spirit who wholly followed Jehovah; one of only two of the census generatio…
- PlaceJudean hill countryHebronThe city of the patriarchs, where Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah, Caleb took his inheritance, and David reigned seven years…
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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
