1 Chronicles 2:51
Salma, the father of Bethlehem; Hareph, the father of Bethgader.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
In Context
52Now there were sons for Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, who saw half the places of rest.
Cross References
Genesis 35:19And so Rachel died, and she was buried in the way that leads to Ephrath: this place is Bethlehem.
Ruth 1:19And so they set out together, and they came to Bethlehem. When they had entered the city, the news quickly spread among them all. And the women said, “This is that Naomi.”
Ruth 4:11All the people who were at the gate, along with the eldest, answered, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who enters into your house, like Rachel, and Leah, who built up the house of Israel, so that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrathah, and so that her name may be honored in Bethlehem.
Matthew 2:1And so, when Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of king Herod, behold, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
John 7:42Does Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?”
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 →