1 Chronicles 1:7
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
In Context
6And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Diphath and Togarmah.
8The sons of Ham: Cush and Egypt, Put and Canaan.
Cross References
Psalms 72:10Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.
Isaiah 23:12And he said, There is no more joy for you, O crushed virgin daughter of Zidon: up! go over to Kittim; even there you will have no rest.
Jeremiah 2:10For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.
Ezekiel 27:7The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 1:2-28
First Chronicles In common things repetition is thought needless and nauseous; but, in sacred things, precept must be upon precept and line upon line. To me, says the apostle, to write the same things is not grievous, but for you it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . These books of Chronicles are in a great measure repetition; so are much of the second and third of the four evangelists: and yet there are no tautologies either here or there no vain repetitions. We may be ready to think that of all the books of holy scripture… Read the whole commentary →