1 Chronicles 4:1

1 The sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

1 Chronicles 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:1

The sons of Judah: Pharez
The posterity of Judah in the line of Pharez, for he only is mentioned:

Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
Hezron was the son of Pharez, and Carmi is supposed to be Chelubai, or Caleb, the son of Hezron; and Hur the son of Caleb; and Shobal was the son of the second Caleb the son of Hur; see ( 1 Chronicles 2:5 1 Chronicles 2:9 1 Chronicles 2:19 1 Chronicles 2:50 ) .

1 Chronicles 4:1 In-Context

1 The sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

2 And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

3 And these were of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.

4 And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

5 And Ashur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.