Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
for Kish: sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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The particular account of these establishments is of little use to us now; but, when Ezra published it, it was of great use to direct their church affairs after their return from captivity into the old channel again.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
