1 Chronicles 4:3

3 These were the sons^[a] of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

1 Chronicles 4:3 in Other Translations

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

3 These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,

3 The descendants of Etam were Jezreel, Ishma, Idbash, their sister Hazzelelponi,

3 Sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

3 And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

3 These were the first settlers in Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister's name was Hazelelponi.

3 These were Etam's sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

3 The sons of Etam were Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

1 Chronicles 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:3

And these were of the father of Etam
Or of the prince of Etam: or, as the Targum, these are princes that dwelt in Etam, a place not far from Zorah, ( Judges 15:8 ) and is mentioned with Bethlehem and Tekoa in the tribe of Judah, ( 2 Chronicles 11:6 ) , namely, which follow:

Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash;
these were the sons of the governor of Etam:

and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi;
who, perhaps, was a person of great note in those days, though now unknown; indeed, a Jewish chronologer ^F23 tells us, that the mother of Samson was Hazalelponith, of the tribe of Judah.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Juchasin, fol. 10. 2.

1 Chronicles 4:3 In-Context

1 The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur and Shobal.

2 Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

3 These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and father of Bethlehem.

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

Footnotes

• [a] Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Vulgate); Hebrew "father"