1 Chronicles 2:24

1 Chronicles 2:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
• New International Version (NIV)After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

Context of 1 Chronicles 2:24

22Segub became the father of Jair, who [later] had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its villages, sixty towns in all. All these were the sons (descendants) of Machir, the father of Gilead. After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. 25The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26Jerahmeel had another wife, named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

1 Chronicles 2:24 word by word

וְאַחַ֥ר מוֹת־חֶצְר֖וֹן בְּכָלֵ֣ב אֶפְרָ֑תָה וְאֵ֤שֶׁת חֶצְרוֹן֙ אֲבִיָּ֔ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֶת־אַשְׁח֖וּר אֲבִ֥י תְקֽוֹעַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• that Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsrôn · HezronH2696
• was deadמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• in Caleb–ephratahכָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָהkâlêb 'ephrâthâh · CalebH3613
• then Abiahאֲבִיָּה'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû · `his father`H29
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• him Ashurאַשְׁחוּר'ashchûr · AshhurH806
• the fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of Tekoaתְּקוֹעַteqôa‛ · TekoaH8620

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:24

• 1 Chronicles 2:9The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai [that is, Caleb].
• 1 Samuel 30:14We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
• 1 Chronicles 4:5Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
• 2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there and told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has for many days been in mourning for the dead.
• Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa, which he saw [in a divine revelation] concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2:24

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Tekoa was a small village in Judea, located southeast of Bethlehem (see also 1 Chronicles 4:5–8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Caleb-ephratah--so called from uniting the names of husband and wife (1Ch 2:19), and supposed to be the same as was afterwards called Beth-lehem-ephratah. Ashur, the father of Tekoa--(2Sa 14:2-4). He is called the father, either from his being the first founder, or perhaps the ruler, of the city.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 2:24

• Abiah
• Ashur
• Caleb-Ephratah
• Hezron
• Tekoa

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
• Ashur
• Syria, Ashur
• Abijah
• Aaron
• Ashhur
• Caleb-Ephrathah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Ephrath; Ephrathah

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings