And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
and Joel, and Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
and Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
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?
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The most remarkable person in this paragraph is Jabez. It is not said whose son he was, nor does it appear in what age he lived; but, it should seem, he was the founder of one of the families of Aharhel, mentioned
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
