1 Chronicles 2:54

1 Chronicles 2:54 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.

Context of 1 Chronicles 2:54

52Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had [other] sons (descendants): Haroeh, half of the Manahathites [in Judah], 53and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. The sons (descendants) of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. 55The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

1 Chronicles 2:54 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י שַׂלְמָ֗א בֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ וּנְט֣וֹפָתִ֔י עַטְר֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית יוֹאָ֑ב וַחֲצִ֥י הַמָּנַחְתִּ֖י הַצָּרְעִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Salmaשַׂלְמָאώalmâ' · SalmaH8007
• Beth–lehemבֵּית לֶ֫חֶםbêyth lechem · BethlehemH1035
• and the Netophathitesנְטֹפָתִיneţôphâthîy · NetophathiteH5200
• Atarothעֲטָרוֹת‛ăţârôth ‛ăţârôth · AtarothH5852
• the house of Joabעַטְרוֹת בֵּית יוֹאָב‛aţrôth bêyth yô'âb · Atroth-beth-joabH5854
• and halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• of the Manahethitesחֲצִי הַמְּנַחְתִּיchătsîy hammenachtîy · half the ManahathitesH2680
• the Zoritesצׇרְעָתִיtsâr‛îy tsâr‛âthîy · ZorathiteH6882

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:54

• 1 Chronicles 2:51Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
• 2 Chronicles 11:20After her he took Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
• 2 Samuel 23:29Heleb the son of Baanah of Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the Benjamites,
• Ezra 2:22the men of Netophah, 56;
• Nehemiah 7:26the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
• Nehemiah 12:28So the sons of the singers gathered together from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,
• Joshua 16:2Then it went from Bethel to Luz, and continued to Ataroth, the border of the Archites.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2:54

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 54The sons of Salma - "The righteous Bethlehemites, who had a good name, as the Netophathites, who removed the guards which Jeroboam had placed in the way lest the people should carry the first-fruits to Jerusalem: for the sons of Salma carried baskets full of first-fruits privately to Jerusalem; and having cloven wood, they made ladders, and brought them to Jerusalem to be laid up in Beth-mokad for oblations. These came from the lineage of Joab the son of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54Ataroth, the house of Joab - Rather, “Ataroth-beth-Joab,” probably so called, to distinguish it from Ataroth-Adar, a city of Benjamin Joshua 18:13. It is uncertain from what Joab it derived its distinctive appellation.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-55The descendants of Hezron are listed up to the time of David in several sections: The direct line from Hezron to David (1 Chronicles 2:9–17; compare Ruth 4:18–22) The other descendants of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2:18–41) The descendants of Hezron’s son Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:42–55)Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 2:54

• Ataroth
• Joab
• Salma

In the dictionaries

• Joab
• Ataroth
• Netophah
• Aaron
• Atroth-Beth-Joab
• Caleb
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Genealogy
• Manahathites

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