1 Chronicles 2:21

1 Chronicles 2:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
• New International Version (NIV)Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Gilead’s sister, the daughter of Makir. They had a son named Segub.

Context of 1 Chronicles 2:21

19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 20Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel. Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub. 22And Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath, and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:21 word by word

וְאַחַ֗ר בָּ֤א חֶצְרוֹן֙ אֶל־בַּת־מָכִיר֙ אֲבִ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד וְה֣וּא לְקָחָ֔הּ וְה֖וּא בֶּן־שִׁשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַתֵּ֥לֶד ל֖וֹ אֶת־שְׂגֽוּב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsrôn · HezronH2696
• went inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• the fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• whom he marriedלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• and she bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• him Segubשְׂגוּבώegûb · SegubH7687

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:21

• Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own.
• Numbers 26:29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
• Numbers 27:1Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
• Numbers 32:39And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
• Deuteronomy 3:15To Machir I gave Gilead,

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2:21

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23Some families from Gilead, who are listed as part of the tribe of Manasseh (see Numbers 32:39–42), also had ties to the tribe of Judah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Hezron ... daughter of Machir the father of Gilead--that is, chief of that town, which with the lands adjacent was no doubt the property of Machir, who was so desirous of a male heir. He was grandson of Joseph. The wife of Machir was of the tribe of Manasseh (Nu 26:29).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 2:21

• Gilead
• Hezron
• Segub

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Judah upon Jordan
• Segub
• Aaron
• Caleb
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Genealogy
• Hezron (1)

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