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1 Chronicles 2:17 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 2 · verse 17
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.1 Chronicles 2:17 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 2:17 in context
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.
19And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IshmeeliteYishmâʻêʼlîya Jishmaelite or descendant of JishmaelH3459 →
- AbigailʼĂbîygayilAbigail or Abigal, the name of two IsraelitessesH26 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- JetherYetherJether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one MidianiteH3500 →
- AmasaʻĂmâsâʼAmasa, the name of two IsraelitesH6021 →
- bareyâladto bear youngH3205 →
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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