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1 Chronicles 4:2 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 4 · verse 2
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.1 Chronicles 4:2 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 4:2 in context
1The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZorathitesTsorʻîya Tsorite or TsorathiteH6882 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- ReaiahRᵉʼâyâhReajah, the name of three IsraelitesH7211 →
- ShobalShôwbâlShobal, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7732 →
- JahathYachathJachath, the name of four IsraelitesH3189 →
- AhumaiʼĂchûwmayAchumai, an IsraeliteH267 →
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One reason, no doubt, why Ezra is here most particular in the register of the tribe of Judah is because it was that tribe which, with its appendages, Simeon, Benjamin, and Levi, made up the kingdom of Judah, which not only long survived the other tribes in Canaan, but in process of time, now when this was written,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10