The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
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The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
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And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
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And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah - Translate as: “The sons…
Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah - Translate as: “The sons of Shamer 1Ch 7:32, his brother, Rohgah, etc.”
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Aram. Add, "and Helem," (Calmet) unless Helem was the…
Aram. Add, "and Helem," (Calmet) unless Helem was the first-born (ver. 35) of Ahi, which signifies "brother." Perhaps Helem was brother of Somer, called Hotham, ver. 32.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34, 35. Shamer … Helem] Read perhaps Shomer ……
34, 35. Shamer … Helem] Read perhaps Shomer … Hotham, to agree with 1Ch_7:32. In 1Ch_7:35 for son read sons (as R.V.).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) Shamer (pausai form of Shemer) probably identical with…
(34) Shamer (pausai form of Shemer) probably identical with Shomer, the second son of Heber (1Ch_7:32).
Jehubbah.—Heb. margin has we-Hubbah, “and Hubbah,” which is correct according to the prevailing form of this list (and before each name).
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Aram is the ordinary name of the Syrians east and west of the Euphrates. It may here designate a clan of half -Aramean extraction.
(35–39) And the sons of his brother Helem.—Apparently the offshoots of Helem, “brother” of Sheraer-Shomer. If we construe brother in the strict sense, we must assume that Helem is the same as Hotham (1Ch_7:32), and that one or the other name is corrupt. But Helem may be the name of another chief house of Asher not directly connected with that of Heber. The brotherhood then would be that of the tribe, not of the clan or family.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 34, 35. Ahi. It seems impossible to decide…
Vers. 34, 35. Ahi. It seems impossible to decide with certainty whether this is the name of a person or whether, with the vau, which otherwise begins the next word, it should not be translated "his brother," ie. the brother of Japhlet. In ver. 32 the names of three brothers are given, sons of Heber, viz. Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. Now, the name Helem, in ver. 35, is supposed to point to this Hotham. If it be so, it would so far be an argument that Ahi, in ver. 34, should be translated "his brother," in correspondence with the undoubted "his brother" of ver. 35. Of no one of the names in these verses is anything further known.
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