1 Chronicles 4:15
in 1 Chronicles 4The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
KJV
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh,.... Jephunneh is not the same with Hezron, as the Targum, but another son of Kenaz, hence called the Kenezite, Jos 14:6 and brother of Othniel; and Caleb his son is the same that was sent one of the spies of the land of Canaan by Moses, see Num 13:6. his sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam; of whom we nowhere else read: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz; another Kenaz, or rather it should be read Uknaz; so Jarchi and Kimchi.
This site's exposition
the brother of Shuah begat Mehir
on 1 Chronicles 4:11-20
This unit gathers several branches of Caleb's descendants, including the craftsmen of the valley of Charashim at verse fourteen, carpenters and smiths named for their trade rather than for any deed. Verse eighteen preserves an otherwise unrecorded marriage, Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh taken by a descendant of Caleb, an Egyptian princess grafted into Judah's genealogy without further comment. Most of the names in this stretch occur nowhere else in Scripture, which is part of what these chapters are doing, keeping every family on record even where no story survives to go with the name.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Caleb the son of Jephunneh - We have already met with this eminent person in Num 13:6, Num 13:30; Num 14:24, and elsewhere; and seen his courageous piety and inflexible integrity. The Targum says here, “They called him Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, because he had purged his soul from the counsel of the spies.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And Seraiah begot Joab, the leader of Gei Harashim Joab was the leader of a valley in which there were craftsmen. Now why do I call it the Valley of Craftsmen? Because they were craftsmen; i.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵי֙ | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| כָּלֵ֣ב | kalev | Caleb | H3612 → | 35 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְפֻנֶּ֔ה | yefuneh | Jephunneh | H3312 → | 16 times |
| עִ֥ירוּ | ʾiru | Iru | H5900 → | |
| אֵלָ֖ה | ʾelah | Elah | H425 → | 16 times |
| וָנָ֑עַם | vanaam | and Naam | H5277 → | |
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֵלָ֖ה | ʾelah | Elah | H425 → | 16 times |
| וּקְנַֽז׃ | ukenaz | and Kenaz | H7073 → | 11 times |
וּבְנֵי֙and [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
כָּלֵ֣בCaleb
kalevH3612 →35 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יְפֻנֶּ֔הJephunneh
yefunehH3312 →16 times
עִ֥ירוּIru
ʾiruH5900 →
אֵלָ֖הElah
ʾelahH425 →16 times
וָנָ֑עַםand Naam
vanaamH5277 →
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
אֵלָ֖הElah
ʾelahH425 →16 times
וּקְנַֽז׃and Kenaz
ukenazH7073 →11 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
Numbers 14:24But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
it leads to
- Numbers 14:6–9
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 14:6–14
Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about…
- Numbers 32:11–12
‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac,…
- Deuteronomy 1:36
except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
- Numbers 14:6–9
Through
Numbers 13:30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
it leads to
- Numbers 14:24
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Psalms 60:12
With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Numbers 14:24
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).