1 Chronicles 8:39
in 1 Chronicles 8The sons of his brother Eshek:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
KJV
And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the sons of Micah were
on 1 Chronicles 8:35-40
Micah's line runs six generations past him, Jehoadah to Azel, and Azel's own six sons are named individually rather than folded into a summary, an unusual density this late in a Benjamite roll. The record does not stop at Saul's death on Gilboa or at David's dynasty replacing his house; it keeps counting fathers and sons long after the kingdom left this family, evidence the compiler still held records for a line whose claim to the throne was long over. The chapter closes on Ulam's sons, archers and mighty men of valour a hundred and fifty strong, and Henry reads the note as praise for service rather than for rank, a family remembered for usefulness once the crown was gone from it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the sons of Eshek his brother,.... The brother of Azel; who he was is not known, unless he is the same with Elasah, as is conjectured: were Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
They are Jasher, Jeshurun--just ones, and the memory of the just is blessed. Many of these we have reason to fear, came short of everlasting honour (for even the wicked kings of Judah come into the genealogy), yet the perpetuating of their names here was a figure of the writing of the names of all God's spiritual Israel in the Lamb's book of life.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֖י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֵ֣שֶׁק | ʾeshek | Eshek | H6232 → | |
| אָחִ֑יו | ʾachiv | brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| אוּלָ֣ם | ʾulam | Ulam | H198 → | 4 times |
| בְּכֹר֔וֹ | bekhoro | firstborn his | H1060 → | 122 times |
| יְעוּשׁ֙ | yeush | Jeush | H3266 → | 9 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֔י | hasheni | the second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| וֶֽאֱלִיפֶ֖לֶט | veelifelet | and Eliphelet | H467 → | 9 times |
| הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי׃ | hashelishi | the third | H7992 → | 107 times |
וּבְנֵ֖יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
עֵ֣שֶׁקEshek
ʾeshekH6232 →
אָחִ֑יוbrother his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
אוּלָ֣םUlam
ʾulamH198 →4 times
בְּכֹר֔וֹfirstborn his
bekhoroH1060 →122 times
יְעוּשׁ֙Jeush
yeushH3266 →9 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֔יthe second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
וֶֽאֱלִיפֶ֖לֶטand Eliphelet
veelifeletH467 →9 times
הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי׃the third
hashelishiH7992 →107 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.