The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
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The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
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And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
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And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 4:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 15:44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
- 1 Samuel 23:1-13 David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.” Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.” David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?” Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.” David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand. Saul was told that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.” Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.” Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.” Yahweh said, “He will come down.” Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” Yahweh said, “They will deliver you up.” Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. Saul was told that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Hodiah, his third wife.
Hodiah, his third wife.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the sons of his wife Hodiah,.... Another wife…
And the sons of his wife Hodiah,.... Another wife of Mered. Hillerus (c) takes her to be the same with Jehudijah, Ch1 4:18, though some (d) take Hodiah to be the name of a man, and read the words, "and the sons of the wife of Hodiah"; which wife of Hodiah was
the sister of Naham; or rather Achotnaham, we render the sister of Naham, is the name of the first son of Hodiah, as some think (e):
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the father of Keilah the Garmite; prince of the city of Keilah, in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44 who sprung from the family of Garmi:
and Eshtemoa the Maachathite; the father or prince of the inhabitants of Eshtemoa, another city in the same tribe, see Ch1 4:17 who sprung from Maachah, see Ch1 2:48.
(c) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 836. (d) Michaelis in loc. (e) Beckii Not. in Targ. 1 Chron. iv. 19.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain His wife Hodiah - Not as in the margin,…
His wife Hodiah - Not as in the margin, but rather, “the sons of the wife of Hodiah.” Hodiah is elsewhere always a man’s name Neh 8:7; Neh 9:5; Neh 10:10, Neh 10:13, Neh 10:18.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Odaia, perhaps the same with Judaia, (Calmet) as the…
Odaia, perhaps the same with Judaia, (Calmet) as the Septuagint read. --- Who was. Hebrew and Septuagint, "Machatha," (Haydock) a place to the north of Basan, far from the limits of Juda, whence we should, perhaps, read Menuchat, as chap. ii. 52, 54.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. of his wife Hodiah] R.V. of the wife…
19. of his wife Hodiah] R.V. of the wife of Hodiah.
Keilah] a town of the Shephelah (Jos_15:44), the scene of one of David’s exploits (1Sa_23:1-5).
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Eshtemoa the Maachathite] The epithet distinguishes this Eshtemoa from that of 1Ch_4:17. The Maachathite may mean the descendant of Maachah (1Ch_2:48), the concubine of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) And the sons of his wife Hodiah.—The existing…
(19) And the sons of his wife Hodiah.—The existing Hebrew text says, And the sons of Hodiah’s wife. Hodiah recurs as a man’s name in Neh_8:7; Neh_9:5; but a very slight change—the addition of three letters—in the Hebrew would give the sense: “And sons of his Jewish wife, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa,” &c.
Naham is unknown.
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Keilah is a town in the Shephelah (Jos_15:44), well known as the scene of David’s prowess and peril (1 Samuel 23).
Eshtemoa occurred in 1Ch_4:17, in connexion with Ishbah, son of Ezra by Bithiah. (See Note there.) The Garmites and Maachathites are unknown clans. The former founded or were settled at Keilah. It appears that abi (“father of”) has dropped out of the text before Eshtemoa; the sense being that the Maachathites were settled at Eshtemoa; which, of course, they may have been, side by side with the half-Egyptian clan Ishbah. Maachah is mentioned, 1Ch_2:48, as a concubine of Caleb. The list is still dealing with the Calebite division of Hezron.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The first clause of this verse in the Hebrew…
The first clause of this verse in the Hebrew is, And the sons of the wife of Hodiah. The margin offers the Jewess again for Hodiah. Nothing is known explanatory of the descriptive word Garmite here. Its meaning, according to Gesenins, is "bony." Eahtomoa is here distinguished from the same-spelt word in ver. 17 by the description the Maachathite, Maachad being a region at the foot of Hermon, bordering on and belonging to Syria.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Hodiah ... Naham ... Keilah ... Eshtemoa ... Shimon…
Hodiah ... Naham ... Keilah ... Eshtemoa ... Shimon ... Amnon ... Rinnah ... Ben-Hanan ... Tilon ... Ishi ... Zoheth ... Ben-Zoheth
These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
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Garmite
someone from the Gar people group (See: How to Translate Names)
Maakathite
someone from the region of Maacah, which is also called Maacath (See: How to Translate Names)
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