1 Chronicles 2:42
And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mesha, the father of Hebron.
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41Shallum conceived Jekamiah; then Jekamiah conceived Elishama.
43Now the sons of Hebron were Korah, and Tapuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
Cross References
Exodus 4:22And you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.
Joshua 15:44and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah: nine cities, and their villages.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites ascended to Saul at Gibeah, saying: “Behold, is not David hidden with us in very secure places in the woods on the hill of Hachilah, which is to the right of the desert?
1 Chronicles 2:9And the sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
1 Chronicles 2:23And he seized Geshur and Aram, towns of Jair, and Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir, father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 2:49Then Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, conceived Sheva, the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. Truly, 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 →