1 Chronicles 4:7

1 Chronicles 4:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;

Context of 1 Chronicles 4:7

5Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah. The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, 8and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum. 9Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

1 Chronicles 4:7 word by word

וּבְנֵ֖י חֶלְאָ֑ה צֶ֥רֶת וְצֹ֖חַר וְאֶתְנָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Helahחֶלְאָהchel'âh · HelahH2458
• Zerethצֶ֫רֶתtsereth · ZerethH6889
• Zoharיִצְחַרyitschar · IzharH3328
• Ethnanאֶתְנַן'ethnan · EthnanH869

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And Ethnan - After this word we should, with the Targum, read Coz, whose posterity is mentioned in the next verse. Coz was probably the same as Kenaz.Read the comment
• 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 4:7

• Ethnan
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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