1 Chronicles 2:6

6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.

1 Chronicles 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:6

And the sons of Zerah
The other twin of Judah:

Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara:
five of them in all; the Targum calls them governors, and adds, on whom the spirit of prophecy dwelt; and in the Jewish chronology F14 they are said to prophesy in Egypt; and the four last are supposed to be the same with those in ( 1 Kings 4:31 ) . (See Gill on 1 Kings 4:31).


FOOTNOTES:

F14 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 52.

1 Chronicles 2:6 In-Context

4 His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
7 The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;
8 and Ethan's son was Azariah.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or [Darda]; Compare Syr Tg some Gk Mss; See 1 Kings 4.31
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