1 Chronicles 4:3

These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

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KJV

And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

ASV

And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

YLT

And these are of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister is Hazzelelponi,

DBT

And these [were of] the father of Etam: Jizreel, and Jishma, and Jidbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;

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And these were of the father of Etam,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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These were of the father of Etam - And these are the rabbins (doctors) living at Etam, Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. - T.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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The verses this one reaches2

2 Chronicles 11:6
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
Judges 15:11
In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.

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Who & where

PlaceNorthern IsraelJezreelAhab's summer capital beside Naboth's vineyard; the city of the dogs' prophecy, where Jezebel fell and Jehu's wheels rolled.

About this book

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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?

Canon: Old Testament
Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra, per rabbinic tradition)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Judges 15:11
In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done…
leads to
- Judges 14:4
  (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
- Judges 13:1
  Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
- Psalms 106:40–42
  So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
Through
2 Chronicles 11:6
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
leads to
- Matthew 2:5–6
  “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
- Nehemiah 3:5
  Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32
  And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
- Judges 15:8
  And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
- Genesis 35:19
  So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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