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1 Chronicles 5:2

1 Chronicles 5:2

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

the chief ruler: or, the prince, By the chief ruler is meant first David, and after him the Messiah, agreeably to the celebrated prophecy of Jacob (). The Syriac calls him "Christ the king," and the Arabic, "Messiah the king." , , ; ; ; ; ; ;

birthright was: ;

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