God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 4:1
1Judah’s descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
1 Chronicles 4:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
- New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur and Shobal.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
Context of 1 Chronicles 4:1
Judah’s descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2Reaiah, son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. 3These were the first settlers in Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister’s name was Hazelelponi.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 41 Chronicles 4:1 word by word
בְּנֵ֖י יְהוּדָ֑ה פֶּ֧רֶץ חֶצְר֛וֹן וְכַרְמִ֖י וְח֥וּר וְשׁוֹבָֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:1
- 1 Chronicles 2:5Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.
- Genesis 38:29As he pulled back his hand, his brother was born. So she said, “Is this how you burst into the world!” He was named Perez [Bursting Into].
- Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Er and Onan had died in Canaan.) The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:20The families descended from Judah were the family of Shelah, the family of Perez, and the family of Zerah.
- Ruth 4:18This is the account of Perez and his family. Perez was the father of Hezron.
- Matthew 1:3Judah and Tamar were the father and mother of Perez and Zerah. Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
- Luke 3:33son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,
- 1 Chronicles 2:9The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18Hezron’s son was Caleb. Caleb and his wife Azubah had a son named Jerioth. Her other sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The sons of Judah - A genealogy of this tribe has already been given in the second chapter. It is here introduced again, with some variations. Probably there were different copies in the public registers; and the writer of this book, finding that this second one contained some remarkable particulars, thought proper to insert it in this place: and no reader will regret the insertion, when he carefully considers the matter.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Genealogies. --In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pray earnestly. Here is the prayer he made. Jabez prayed to the living and…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
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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
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