1 Chronicles 2:53
in 1 Chronicles 2Haroeh, half the Manahathites, and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the families of Kiriath-jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
KJV
And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the families of Kirjathjearim,.... That dwelt there, of which Shobal was prince, and who sprung from him, are as follow: the Ithrite, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; who had their names from Jether, Putha, Shumath, and Mishra, descendants of Shobal: of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites; that is, from the Mishraites sprung the inhabitants of Zeroth and Eshtaol, places in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:33.
This site's exposition
Salma the father of Beth–lehem
on 1 Chronicles 2:51-55
Salma's sons found Bethlehem itself along with Netophah and other towns, closing Judah's genealogy where the royal line already led earlier in the chapter. The last verse names the scribes of Jabez as Kenites of the house of Rechab, the same clan Jeremiah 35 later holds up as an example of obedience, a people not of Israelite blood so bound to Judah by loyalty that Chronicles counts them within the tribe's own record.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
At every turn we meet with the twelve tribes that descended from these twelve patriarchs. The personal character of several of them was none of the best (the first four were much blemished), and yet the covenant was entailed on their seed; for it was of grace, free grace, that it was said, Jacob have I loved--not of works, lest any man should boast.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The families of Kirjath-jearim - “These were the children of Moses, which Zipporah bare to him, viz., the Jethrites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of these came the disciples of the prophets Zarah and Eshtaol.” - T.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת֙ | umishpechot | and [the] clans of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| קִרְיַ֣ת | kiryat | Kiriath | H7157 → | 39 times |
| יְעָרִ֔ים | yearim | Jearim | H7157 → | 39 times |
| הַיִּתְרִי֙ | haiyitri | the Ithrite[s] | H3505 → | 5 times |
| וְהַפּוּתִ֔י | vehaputi | and the Puthite[s] | H6336 → | |
| וְהַשֻּׁמָתִ֖י | vehashumati | and the Shumathite[s] | H8126 → | |
| וְהַמִּשְׁרָעִ֑י | vehamishrai | and the Mishraite[s] | H4954 → | |
| מֵאֵ֗לֶּה | meeleh | from these | H428 → | 746 times |
| יָצְאוּ֙ | yatzeu | they came forth | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַצָּ֣רְעָתִ֔י | hatzareati | the Zorathite[s] | H6882 → | 3 times |
| וְהָאֶשְׁתָּ֖אֻֽלִֽי׃ ס | vehaeshtauli | and the Eshtaolite[s] | H848 → |
וּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת֙and [the] clans of
umishpechotH4940 →303 times
קִרְיַ֣תKiriath
kiryatH7157 →39 times
יְעָרִ֔יםJearim
yearimH7157 →39 times
הַיִּתְרִי֙the Ithrite[s]
haiyitriH3505 →5 times
וְהַפּוּתִ֔יand the Puthite[s]
vehaputiH6336 →
וְהַשֻּׁמָתִ֖יand the Shumathite[s]
vehashumatiH8126 →
וְהַמִּשְׁרָעִ֑יand the Mishraite[s]
vehamishraiH4954 →
מֵאֵ֗לֶּהfrom these
meelehH428 →746 times
יָצְאוּ֙they came forth
yatzeuH3318 →1067 times
הַצָּ֣רְעָתִ֔יthe Zorathite[s]
hatzareatiH6882 →3 times
וְהָאֶשְׁתָּ֖אֻֽלִֽי׃ סand the Eshtaolite[s]
vehaeshtauliH848 →
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
Judges 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:41
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 15:33
These were in the foothills:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
- Genesis 25:21
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
- Genesis 16:1
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- Joshua 19:41
Through
2 Samuel 23:38Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 20:26
and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 20:26
Through
Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
it leads to
- Judges 3:10
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against…
- Judges 3:10
Through
Joshua 15:33These were in the foothills:
it leads to
- Judges 16:31
Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
- Judges 16:31
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.