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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of Tekoa).

Context of 1 Chronicles 2:24

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. 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. 25The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• that Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsrôn · HezronH2696
• was deadמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• in Caleb–ephratahכָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָהkâlêb 'ephrâthâh · CalebH3613
• then Abiahאֲבִיָּה'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû · `his father`H29
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• him Ashurאַשְׁחוּר'ashchûr · AshhurH806
• the fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of Tekoaתְּקוֹעַteqôa‛ · TekoaH8620

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:24

• 1 Chronicles 2:9The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
• 1 Samuel 30:14We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire."
• 1 Chronicles 4:5Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah;
• 2 Samuel 14:2And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
• Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

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