Opening the text

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introductionElmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

History

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

Name: The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction
Author: Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

=12.= _These are the men of Recah_] Recah is unknown. Perhaps the true
reading is that of the LXX. (B), _the men of Rechab_, i.e. Rechabite
families; compare ii. 55, note.

  ¹³And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of
  Othniel; Hathath.

=13.= _Othniel_] Eponym of a Kenizzite clan, closely connected with the
Calebites. Compare note on i. 36, and Judges i. 13 and iii. 9‒11.

  ¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father
  of Ge-harashim¹; for they were craftsmen.

    ¹ Or, _the valley of craftsmen_.

=14.= _Meonothai_] perhaps a son of Othniel.

_Ge-harashim_] or, as margin, =the valley of craftsmen=. It is
mentioned Nehemiah xi. 35 along with _Lod_ (the _Lydda_ of Acts ix. 32)
and therefore was probably near Lydda.

  ¹⁵And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and
  Naam: and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.

=15.= _Caleb the son of Jephunneh_] Compare ii. 42, note.

_the sons of Elah; and Kenaz_] The _sons of Elah_ and _Kenaz_ seem to
be co-ordinated, as each represented a family descended from Caleb; but
perhaps the text is faulty.

  ¹⁶And the sons of Jehallelel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and
  Asarel.

=16‒20.= The connection of these names with Judah does not appear. In
accordance with the structure of this section (see note on Carmi, verse
1) we might expect here to find “the sons of Hezron or Perez”; and,
since the relationship between Jehallelel (16) and Ezrah (17) is not
indicated, it has been suggested that we should insert in verse 16 “And
the sons of Perez and Jehallelel and Ezrah.” No certainty can be felt
in the matter.

_Ziph_] in south Judah, 1 Samuel xxiii. 15. Ziphah, a feminine form of
the same name.

  ¹⁷And the sons of Ezrah; Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon:
  and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of
  Eshtemoa.

=17.= _and Jalon: and she bare Miriam_] As the text stands _she_ has
no antecedent. It has therefore been proposed to transfer from verse 18
the words _And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,
which Mered took_, and put them after _Jalon_. Bithiah then appears as
the mother of _Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah_, and the difficulty of the
absence of her sons’ names from verse 18 disappears. For _father of
Eshtemoa_ see ii. 24 note, and for _Eshtemoa_ see Joshua xxi. 14.

  ¹⁸And his wife the Jewess¹ bare Jered the father of Gedor, and
  Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
  And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which
  Mered took.

    ¹ Or, _Hajehudijah_.

=18.= _his wife_] the wife of Mered, if the transposition mentioned in
the last note be accepted.

_his wife the Jewess_] so called in contrast to his Egyptian wife.

_Gedor_] compare verse 4, where a different person is perhaps by a
different tradition called father of Gedor. _Gedor_ is to be identified
with the ruins of Jedur on the road between Jerusalem and Hebron,
compare verse 39.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Opening the text

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introductionElmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

History

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

=12.= _These are the men of Recah_] Recah is unknown. Perhaps the true
reading is that of the LXX. (B), _the men of Rechab_, i.e. Rechabite
families; compare ii. 55, note.

  ¹³And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of
  Othniel; Hathath.

=13.= _Othniel_] Eponym of a Kenizzite clan, closely connected with the
Calebites. Compare note on i. 36, and Judges i. 13 and iii. 9‒11.

  ¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father
  of Ge-harashim¹; for they were craftsmen.

    ¹ Or, _the valley of craftsmen_.

=14.= _Meonothai_] perhaps a son of Othniel.

_Ge-harashim_] or, as margin, =the valley of craftsmen=. It is
mentioned Nehemiah xi. 35 along with _Lod_ (the _Lydda_ of Acts ix. 32)
and therefore was probably near Lydda.

  ¹⁵And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and
  Naam: and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.

=15.= _Caleb the son of Jephunneh_] Compare ii. 42, note.

_the sons of Elah; and Kenaz_] The _sons of Elah_ and _Kenaz_ seem to
be co-ordinated, as each represented a family descended from Caleb; but
perhaps the text is faulty.

  ¹⁶And the sons of Jehallelel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and
  Asarel.

=16‒20.= The connection of these names with Judah does not appear. In
accordance with the structure of this section (see note on Carmi, verse
1) we might expect here to find “the sons of Hezron or Perez”; and,
since the relationship between Jehallelel (16) and Ezrah (17) is not
indicated, it has been suggested that we should insert in verse 16 “And
the sons of Perez and Jehallelel and Ezrah.” No certainty can be felt
in the matter.

_Ziph_] in south Judah, 1 Samuel xxiii. 15. Ziphah, a feminine form of
the same name.

  ¹⁷And the sons of Ezrah; Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon:
  and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of
  Eshtemoa.

=17.= _and Jalon: and she bare Miriam_] As the text stands _she_ has
no antecedent. It has therefore been proposed to transfer from verse 18
the words _And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,
which Mered took_, and put them after _Jalon_. Bithiah then appears as
the mother of _Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah_, and the difficulty of the
absence of her sons’ names from verse 18 disappears. For _father of
Eshtemoa_ see ii. 24 note, and for _Eshtemoa_ see Joshua xxi. 14.

  ¹⁸And his wife the Jewess¹ bare Jered the father of Gedor, and
  Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
  And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which
  Mered took.

    ¹ Or, _Hajehudijah_.

=18.= _his wife_] the wife of Mered, if the transposition mentioned in
the last note be accepted.

_his wife the Jewess_] so called in contrast to his Egyptian wife.

_Gedor_] compare verse 4, where a different person is perhaps by a
different tradition called father of Gedor. _Gedor_ is to be identified
with the ruins of Jedur on the road between Jerusalem and Hebron,
compare verse 39.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

No reviews yet