1 Chronicles 8:9
in 1 Chronicles 8His sons by his wife Hodesh:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,
KJV
And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd he begat of Hodesh his wife,.... That is, he, I say, begat, namely, Shaharaim; the Targum makes this Hodesh to be the same with Baara, called so because she was newly espoused; but wrongly: the sons begotten of her were the seven following; Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcham, Jeuz, Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons; the sons of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh: heads of the fathers; of the houses or families of their father.
This site's exposition
in the country of Moab
on 1 Chronicles 8:8-12
A rare narrative fragment breaks the name list: Shaharaim, having sent away his first household, fathers children in Moab by two more wives, and a line through his son Elpaal reaches two towns, Ono and Lod. Both towns reappear centuries later in the rosters of Benjamites who returned from exile, at Ezra 2:33 and Nehemiah 11:35, so a family founded here by a man who left the land for Moab is remembered again in the list of those who came back to it. Gill and Clarke both treat the record as genuine family history rather than scribal confusion, differing only on whether Hodesh names the same wife elsewhere called Baara or a separate woman.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He begat of Hodesh his wife - In the preceding verse it is said that Hushim and Baara were his wives; and here it is said he begat of Hodesh his wife, etc. And then his children by Hushim are mentioned, but not a word of Baara! It is likely therefore that Hodesh was another name for Baara, and this is asserted by the Targum: And he begot of Baara, that is Chodesh, his wife; so called because he espoused her anew. It is supposed that he had put her away before, and now remarried her.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| חֹ֣דֶשׁ | chodesh | Hodesh | H2321 → | |
| אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ | ʾishto | wife his | H802 → | 781 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יוֹבָב֙ | yovav | Jobab | H3103 → | 9 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| צִבְיָ֔א | tzivya' | Zibia | H6644 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵישָׁ֖א | meisha' | Mesha | H4331 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַלְכָּֽם׃ | malkam | Malkam | H4445 → |
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
חֹ֣דֶשׁHodesh
chodeshH2321 →
אִשְׁתּ֑וֹwife his
ʾishtoH802 →781 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יוֹבָב֙Jobab
yovavH3103 →9 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
צִבְיָ֔אZibia
tzivya'H6644 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מֵישָׁ֖אMesha
meisha'H4331 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מַלְכָּֽם׃Malkam
malkamH4445 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.