1 Chronicles 4:1
in 1 Chronicles 4The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
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ASV
The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
KJV
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe sons of Judah - A genealogy of this tribe has already been given in the second chapter. It is here introduced again, with some variations. Probably there were different copies in the public registers; and the writer of this book, finding that this second one contained some remarkable particulars, thought proper to insert it in this place: and no reader will regret the insertion, when he carefully considers the matter.
This site's exposition
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron
on 1 Chronicles 4:1-4
This is a second register of Judah's line through Hur, distinct from the roster already given in chapter two, and the commentators read it as drawn from a separate public document carrying details the first list omitted. The line closes at Ephratah, the ancestor of Bethlehem, keeping David's town in view before the chapter turns to Jabez.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The sons of Judah: Pharez,.... The posterity of Judah in the line of Pharez, for he only is mentioned: Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. Hezron was the son of Pharez, and Carmi is supposed to be Chelubai, or Caleb, the son of Hezron; and Hur the son of Caleb; and Shobal was the son of the second Caleb the son of Hur; see 1Ch 2:5.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Indeed, the others are mentioned solely to introduce the name of Shobal, whose genealogy the historian intended to trace (1Ch 2:52). OF JABEZ, AND HIS PRAYER. Jabez--was, as many think, the son of Coz, or Kenaz, and is here eulogized for his sincere and fervent piety, as well, perhaps, as for some public and patriotic works which he performed.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| פֶּ֧רֶץ | peretz | Perez | H6557 → | 15 times |
| חֶצְר֛וֹן | chetzron | Hezron | H2696 → | 18 times |
| וְכַרְמִ֖י | vekharmi | and Carmi | H3756 → | 8 times |
| וְח֥וּר | vechur | and Hur | H2354 → | 15 times |
| וְשׁוֹבָֽל׃ | veshoval | and Shobal | H7732 → | 9 times |
בְּנֵ֖י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
פֶּ֧רֶץPerez
peretzH6557 →15 times
חֶצְר֛וֹןHezron
chetzronH2696 →18 times
וְכַרְמִ֖יand Carmi
vekharmiH3756 →8 times
וְח֥וּרand Hur
vechurH2354 →15 times
וְשׁוֹבָֽל׃and Shobal
veshovalH7732 →9 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
Genesis 38:29But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
it leads to
- Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 1:3
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4
Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
- Numbers 26:20
These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
- Genesis 46:12
Through
Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
it leads to
- Genesis 38:29–30
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
- Genesis 38:24–27
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- Ruth 4:18–22
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
- Genesis 38:29–30
Through
1 Chronicles 2:5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
it leads to
- Luke 3:33
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 3:33
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).