1 Chronicles 4:5
in 1 Chronicles 4Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
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And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
KJV
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives
on 1 Chronicles 4:5-8
Ashur the father of Tekoa carries two households through his two wives, and the list traces both without comment on the polygamy the patriarchal age tolerated. Coz, born of Helah, is the ancestor the next two verses use to introduce Jabez, since the family of Aharhel his son leads directly into the more famous name.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Ashur the father of Tekoa,.... A son of Hezron by Abiah, 1Ch 2:24. had two wives, Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְאַשְׁחוּר֙ | uleashchur | and to Ashhur | H806 → | |
| אֲבִ֣י | ʾavi | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| תְק֔וֹעַ | tekoa' | Tekoa | H8620 → | |
| הָי֖וּ | hayu | they belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שְׁתֵּ֣י | shetei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| נָשִׁ֑ים | nashim | wives | H802 → | 781 times |
| חֶלְאָ֖ה | chelah | Helah | H2458 → | |
| וְנַעֲרָֽה׃ | venaarah | and Naarah | H5292 → | 4 times |
וּלְאַשְׁחוּר֙and to Ashhur
uleashchurH806 →
אֲבִ֣י[the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
תְק֔וֹעַTekoa
tekoa'H8620 →
הָי֖וּthey belonged
hayuH1961 →3559 times
שְׁתֵּ֣יtwo
sheteiH8147 →768 times
נָשִׁ֑יםwives
nashimH802 →781 times
חֶלְאָ֖הHelah
chelahH2458 →
וְנַעֲרָֽה׃and Naarah
venaarahH5292 →4 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
1 Chronicles 2:24After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:14
We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
- Amos 1:1
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…
- 1 Chronicles 2:9
The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18–19
Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
- 2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act…
- 1 Samuel 30:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).