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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 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.

Context of 1 Chronicles 2:21

19And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore to him Hur. 20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. And 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 begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and its towns, even sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons 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

• afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsrôn · HezronH2696
• inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• marriedלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• 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 brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
• Numbers 26:29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
• Numbers 27:1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
• Numbers 32:39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite who was in it.
• Deuteronomy 3:15And I gave Gilead to Machir.

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