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1 Chronicles 2:16 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 2 · verse 16
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.1 Chronicles 2:16 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 2:16 in context
14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sistersʼâchôwtha sister , literally and figuratively)H269 →
- ZeruiahTsᵉrûwyâhTserujah, an IsraelitessH6870 →
- AbigailʼĂbîygayilAbigail or Abigal, the name of two IsraelitessesH26 →
- AbishaiʼĂbîyshayAbishai, an IsraeliteH52 →
- AsahelʻĂsâhʼêlAsahel, the name of four IsraelitesH6214 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
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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