Revised Version 1895
1 Chronicles 4:1
1The sons of Judah; Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and 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
The sons of Judah; Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3And these were the sons of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi:
Read all of 1 Chronicles 41 Chronicles 4:1 word by word
בְּנֵ֖י יְהוּדָ֑ה פֶּ֧רֶץ חֶצְר֛וֹן וְכַרְמִ֖י וְח֥וּר וְשׁוֹבָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:1
- 1 Chronicles 2:5The sons of Perez; Hezron and Hamul.
- Genesis 38:29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.
- Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:20And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Perez, the family of the Perezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
- Ruth 4:18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron;
- Matthew 1:3and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram;
- Luke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
- 1 Chronicles 2:9The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: and these were her sons; Jesher, and 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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