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1 Chronicles 4:2

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2 Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
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1 Chronicles 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:2

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath
Reaiah is the same with Haroeh, ( 1 Chronicles 2:52 ) the names are of the same signification:

and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites;
who inhabited Zoreah, as the Targum, at least part of it; see ( 1 Chronicles 2:53 1 Chronicles 2:54 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 4:2 In-Context

1 The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal.
2 Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
3 These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "begot," and so throughout the ch
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