1 Chronicles 4:18

1 Chronicles 4:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
• New International Version (NIV)(His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And his Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)(His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

Context of 1 Chronicles 4:18

16— And the sons of Jehalleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel. 17— And the sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she conceived [and bore] Miriam, and Shammai, and Jishbah the father of Eshtemoa. And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took. 19— And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20— And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. — And the sons of Jishi: Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

1 Chronicles 4:18 word by word

וְאִשְׁתּ֣וֹ הַיְהֻדִיָּ֗ה יָלְדָ֞ה אֶת־יֶ֨רֶד אֲבִ֤י גְדוֹר֙ וְאֶת־חֶ֙בֶר֙ אֲבִ֣י שׂוֹכ֔וֹ וְאֶת־יְקֽוּתִיאֵ֖ל אֲבִ֣י זָנ֑וֹחַ וְאֵ֗לֶּה בְּנֵי֙ בִּתְיָ֣ה בַת־פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָקַ֖ח מָֽרֶד׃ סRead the interlinear

• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Gedorגְּדוֹרgedôr gedôr · GedorH1446
• Heberחֶ֫בֶרcheber · HeberH2268
• Zanoahזָנוֹחַzânôach · ZanoahH2182
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• Meredמֶ֫רֶדmered · MeredH4778
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:18

• 1 Chronicles 4:19— And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
• 1 Chronicles 1:2Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared,
• 1 Chronicles 4:4and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, [and] father of Bethlehem.
• Joshua 15:58Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,
• 1 Chronicles 2:42And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
• Genesis 46:17— And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah; and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
• 2 Chronicles 11:7and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
• 1 Chronicles 28:18and for the altar of incense, refined gold by weight; and the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim of gold, which spread out [their wings] and cover the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
• Joshua 15:35Jarmuth and Adullam, Sochoh and Azekah,
• 1 Samuel 17:1And the Philistines assembled their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
• 1 Kings 4:10Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; he had Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher.
• Joshua 15:48— And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Sochoh,
• Joshua 15:34and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam,
• 1 Kings 3:1And Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ended building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
• 1 Kings 7:8And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. And he made, like to this porch, a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken.
• 1 Kings 9:16— Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer, and burned it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18And his wife Jehudijah - The Targum considers the names in this verse as epithets of Moses: "And his wife Jehuditha educated Moses after she had drawn him out of the water: and she called his name Jered, because he caused the manna to descend upon Israel; and Prince Gedor, because he restored the desolations of Israel; Heber also, because he joined Israel to their heavenly Father; and Prince Socho, because he overshadowed Israel with his righteousness…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18His wife - i. e. Mered‘s. Mered, it would seem, had two wives, Bithiah, an Egyptian woman, and a Jewish wife (see the margin), whose name is not given. If Mered was a chief of rank, Bithlah may have been married to him with the consent of her father, for the Egyptian kings often gave their daughters in marriage to foreigners. Or she may have elected to forsake her countrymen and cleave to a Jewish husband, becoming a convert to his religion. Her name…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Mered's wife, Bithia, was a daughter of Pharaoh. This made some of Judah's descendants part Egyptian.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. she bare Miriam--It is difficult, as the verses stand at present, to see who is meant. The following readjustment of the text clears away the obscurity: "These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took, and she bare Miriam, and his wife Jehudijah bare Jezreel," &c.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 4:18

• Bithiah
• Gedor
• Heber
• Jehudijah
• Jekuthiel
• Jered
• Mered
• Pharaoh
• Socho
• Zanoah

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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