Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
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Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
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And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
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And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 2:46 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18-19 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:48 Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This difference was between the wife and the concubine,…
This difference was between the wife and the concubine, that the wife was taken with certain solemnities of marriage, and her children did inherit: the concubine had no solemnities in marriage, neither did her children inherit, but had a portion of goods or money given them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the families of Kirjathjearim,.... That dwelt there, of…
And the families of Kirjathjearim,.... That dwelt there, of which Shobal was prince, and who sprung from him, are as follow:
the Ithrite, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; who had their names from Jether, Putha, Shumath, and Mishra, descendants of Shobal:
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of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites; that is, from the Mishraites sprung the inhabitants of Zeroth and Eshtaol, places in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:33.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain II.—1Ch_2:46-49 : The sons of Ephah and Maachah, two…
II.—1Ch_2:46-49 : The sons of Ephah and Maachah, two concubines of Caleb.
(46) Ephah, Caleb’s concubine . . .—These sons of concubines appear to represent mixed populations or tribal groups considered to be of less pure descent than the chief houses of Caleb. The same title of inferiority might cover a relation of dependence, something like that of the clients of the great Roman houses. The name Ephah occurred in 1Ch_1:33 as a tribe of the Midianites. It is likely, therefore, that we have before us a record of the admixture of a Midianite element with the southern Judeans.
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Haran.—Abraham’s brother (Gen_11:26); a place in Mesopotamia where Abraham settled (Gen_11:31). It is the Assyrian harranu (high-road). The Midianites claimed descent from Abraham (1Ch_1:33), this name therefore might well be borne by a semi-Midianite clan.
Moza.—Occurs in Jos_18:26 as a town in Benjamin.
Haran begat Gazez.—Comp. 1Ch_2:24, Note. Gazez was probably a branch of the clan Haran. The LXX. (Vat.) omits the clause.
(47) The sons of Jahdai.—Heb., Yohdai, or Yehdai. The connection of these tribal groups with the foregoing is not clear; but from 1Ch_2:46 it appears that they were Calebites with a foreign admixture. It is curious to find the Midianite name Ephah recurring among them.
(48) Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare . . .—The Heb. is peculiar, “Caleb’s concubine Maachah—he bare Sheber,” &c. There is another reading, “she bare.” Maachah was a well-known Syrian state (Deu_3:14). (Comp. 2Sa_3:3; 1Ch_11:43; 1Ch_19:6-7; and 2Ki_25:23.) These Calebites, it would seem, were of partly Aramean origin. The masculine verb “he bare” is intelligible if Maachah means not a woman, but a race. (Comp. 1Ch_19:15, “Aram hath fled” = the Syrians have fled; 16, “Aram saw,” &c.)
(49) Madmannah.—A town of southern Judah, mentioned along with Ziklag in Jos_15:31. The Shaaf who settled here are different from those mentioned in 1Ch_2:47.
Machbenah, an unknown place in Judah, and Gibeah in the hill-country (Jos_15:57) were settlements of the mixed Calebites called Sheva.
The daughter of Caleb was Achsa.—In Jos_15:13-19 the father of Achsah is called Caleb son of Jephunneh. This Caleb son of Jephunneh is associated with Joshua in the Pentateuch (Num_12:6; Num_12:8), and took a prominent part in the conquest of Canaan.
As he represents Judah (Num_12:6; comp. Jdg_1:10-12), it is reasonable to see in Caleb son of Jephunneh the chief of the tribal division of Hezron-Caleb in the time of Joshua.
Already in these curious lists we have met with special memorials of remarkable members of clans (comp. 1Ch_2:6-7; 1Ch_2:20), and we may see in the brief clause “and Achsah, daughter of Caleb” a similar notice that this famous person was a Calebite.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 46-49 give the names the first of which…
Vers. 46-49 give the names the first of which appears as that of a man also, next verse and (1Ch_1:33) of two additional concubines of Caleb, and of their descendants.
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