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1 Chronicles 2:42

1 Chronicles 2:42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Caleb: This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, and therefore called the brother of Jerahmeel. See the parallel texts. , Chelubai, ,

his firstborn: ; ; ;

the father: i.e. the founder, Or, as the Targum renders, "the prince of the Ziphites;" for it was usual to call both the founder and the prince of a city its father.

Ziph: ; ,

the father of Hebron: , , , , ; ;

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