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1 Chronicles 2:11 KJV

1 Chronicles · chapter 2 · verse 11

And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,1 Chronicles 2:11 · King James Version

1 Chronicles 2:11 in context

9The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

10And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

11And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

12And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

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Commentary

Here is, I. The family of Jacob. His twelve sons are here named, that illustrious number so often celebrated almost throughout the whole Bible, from the first to the last book of it. At every turn we meet with the twelve tribes that descended from these twelve patriarchs.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17

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