1 Chronicles 2:54

1 Chronicles 2:54 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.

Context of 1 Chronicles 2:54

52Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, 53and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. The sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. 55The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

1 Chronicles 2:54 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י שַׂלְמָ֗א בֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ וּנְט֣וֹפָתִ֔י עַטְר֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית יוֹאָ֑ב וַחֲצִ֥י הַמָּנַחְתִּ֖י הַצָּרְעִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Salmaשַׂלְמָאώalmâ' · SalmaH8007
• Bethlehemבֵּית לֶ֫חֶםbêyth lechem · BethlehemH1035
• and the Netophathitesנְטֹפָתִיneţôphâthîy · NetophathiteH5200
• Atroth-beth-joabעַטְרוֹת בֵּית יוֹאָב‛aţrôth bêyth yô'âb · Atroth-beth-joabH5854
• and halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• of the Manahathitesמָנַ֫חַתmânachath · ManahathiteH4506
• the Zoritesצׇרְעָתִיtsâr‛îy tsâr‛âthîy · ZorathiteH6882

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:54

• 1 Chronicles 2:51Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
• 2 Chronicles 11:20After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith.
• 2 Samuel 23:29Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,
• Ezra 2:22the men of Netophah, 56;
• Nehemiah 7:26the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
• Nehemiah 12:28So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,
• Joshua 16:2It went from Bethel to Luz, and continued to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2:54

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 54The sons of Salma - "The righteous Bethlehemites, who had a good name, as the Netophathites, who removed the guards which Jeroboam had placed in the way lest the people should carry the first-fruits to Jerusalem: for the sons of Salma carried baskets full of first-fruits privately to Jerusalem; and having cloven wood, they made ladders, and brought them to Jerusalem to be laid up in Beth-mokad for oblations. These came from the lineage of Joab the son of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54Ataroth, the house of Joab - Rather, “Ataroth-beth-Joab,” probably so called, to distinguish it from Ataroth-Adar, a city of Benjamin Joshua 18:13. It is uncertain from what Joab it derived its distinctive appellation.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-55The descendants of Hezron are listed up to the time of David in several sections: The direct line from Hezron to David (1 Chronicles 2:9–17; compare Ruth 4:18–22) The other descendants of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2:18–41) The descendants of Hezron’s son Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:42–55)Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 2:54

• Ataroth
• Joab
• Salma

In the dictionaries

• Joab
• Ataroth
• Netophah
• Aaron
• Atroth-Beth-Joab
• Caleb
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Genealogy
• Manahathites

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