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1 Chronicles 2:5 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 2 · verse 5
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.1 Chronicles 2:5 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 2:5 in context
3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
4And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
7And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PharezPeretsPerets, the name of two IsraelitesH6557 →
- HezronChetsrôwnChetsron, the name of a place in PalestineH2696 →
- HamulChâmûwlChamul, an IsraeliteH2538 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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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