1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem, Elam, and Asshur,
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Genesis 10:21And to Shem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
Genesis 11:10And these are the generations of Shem: and Shem was a hundred years old when he begot Arpachshad, the second year after the flood.
Numbers 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, 1 Balak king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, 1 Out of the mountains of the east, saying, 1 Come, curse me Jacob, 1 And Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel. 1
Ezra 4:2And they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of families, and said to them, We will build with you; for as ye do, we seek to serve our God, and we do sacrifice to him from the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us hither.
Isaiah 11:11And it shall be in that day, that the Lord shall again show his hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and that from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.
Isaiah 22:6And the Elamites took their quivers, and there were men mounted on horses, and there was a gathering for battle.
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 →