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1 Chronicles 1:9 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 1 · verse 9
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.1 Chronicles 1:9 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 1:9 in context
7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SabtechaÇabtᵉkâʼSabteca, the name of a son of Cush, and the region settled by himH5455 →
- HavilahChăvîylâhChavilah, the name of two or three eastern regionsH2341 →
- RaamahRaʻmâhRamah, the name of a grandson of Ham, and of a placeH7484 →
- SabtaÇabtâʼSabta or Sabtah, the name of a son of Cush, and the country occupied by his posterityH5454 →
- ShebaShᵉbâʼSheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian districtH7614 →
- DedanDᵉdânDedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territoryH1719 →
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This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself lived. Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-27