1 Chronicles 4:21

1 Chronicles 4:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;

Context of 1 Chronicles 4:21

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. The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lechah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of byssus-workers, of the house of Ashbea, 22and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23These were the potters, and those that abode among plantations and enclosures: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

1 Chronicles 4:21 word by word

בְּנֵי֙ שֵׁלָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֵ֚ר אֲבִ֣י לֵכָ֔ה וְלַעְדָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י מָרֵשָׁ֑ה וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃Read the interlinear

• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Shelahשֵׁלָהshêlâh · ShelahH7956
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• Erעֵר‛êr · ErH6147
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Mareshahמָרֵשָׁהmar'êshâh marêshâh · MareshahH4762
• familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · Beth-(ashbea)H1004

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:21

• 1 Chronicles 2:3The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.
• 1 Chronicles 9:5And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
• Genesis 38:5And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.
• Genesis 46:12— And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pherez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pherez were Hezron and Hamul.
• Numbers 26:20And the sons of Judah, after their families: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Pherez, the family of the Pharzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
• Nehemiah 11:5and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21That wrought fine linen - "Of the family of those who worked in fine flax to make garments for kings and priests." - T.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23After recording Judah’s descendants through his wife Tamar (1 Chronicles 2:4–4:20), the text lists the descendants of Shelah, Judah’s third son with Bathshua (see 1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 38:2, 5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Laadah ... the father ... of the house of them that wrought fine linen--Here, again, is another incidental evidence that in very early times certain trades were followed by particular families among the Hebrews, apparently in hereditary succession. Their knowledge of the art of linen manufacture had been, most probably, acquired in Egypt, where the duty of bringing up families to the occupations of their forefathers was a compulsory obligation…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 4:21

• Ashbea
• Er
• Laadah
• Lecah
• Mareshah
• Shelah

In the dictionaries

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• Linen
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• Crafts
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• Fine

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