1 Chronicles 2:42
And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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41and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
43And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
Cross References
Exodus 4:22And thou shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says LORD, Israel is my son, my first-born,
Joshua 15:44and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
1 Chronicles 2:9The sons also of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
1 Chronicles 2:23And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages of it, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 2:49She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 2:19-55
Genealogies. ( b. c. 1450.) 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.… Read the whole commentary →