1 Chronicles 4:5

1 Chronicles 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
• New International Version (NIV)Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah;
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

Context of 1 Chronicles 4:5

3And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; 4and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem. And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

1 Chronicles 4:5 word by word

וּלְאַשְׁחוּר֙ אֲבִ֣י תְק֔וֹעַ הָי֖וּ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֑ים חֶלְאָ֖ה וְנַעֲרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Ashhurאַשְׁחוּר'ashchûr · AshhurH806
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Tekoaתְּקוֹעַteqôa‛ · TekoaH8620
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• Helahחֶלְאָהchel'âh · HelahH2458
• Naarahנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · NaarahH5292

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:5

• 1 Chronicles 2:24And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7The genealogy of Judah continues, linking back to 1 Chronicles 2:1–55. It immediately connects to Hur, the ancestor of Bethlehem (1 Chronicles 4:1–4; see 2:19–20, 51–55).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81Ch 4:1-8. Posterity of Judah by Caleb the Son of Hur. 1. the sons of Judah--that is, "the descendants," for with the exception of Pharez, none of those here mentioned were his immediate sons. Indeed, the others are mentioned solely to introduce the name of Shobal, whose genealogy the historian intended to trace (1Ch 2:52). 1Ch 4:9-20. Of Jabez, and His Prayer.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 4:5

• Ashur
• Helah
• Naarah
• Polygamy
• Tekoa

In the dictionaries

• Ashur
• Syria, Ashur
• Grant
• Helah
• Naarah
• Ashhur
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Jebus; Jebusi; Jebusite
• Naarah (1)

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings