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 was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. 25The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: 26Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who 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

• Afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsrôn · HezronH2696
• diedכָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָהkâlêb 'ephrâthâh · CalebH3613
• diedמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• Abijahאֲבִיָּה'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû · `his father`H29
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• Ashhurאַשְׁחוּר'ashchûr · AshhurH806
• the fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of Tekoaתְּקוֹעַteqôa‛ · TekoaH8620

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:24

• 1 Chronicles 2:9The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
• 1 Samuel 30:14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
• 1 Chronicles 4:5Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
• 2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
• Amos 1:1These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

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