1 Chronicles 4:7

7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, ^[a] Ethnan,

1 Chronicles 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:7

And the sons of Helah
] The other wife:

were Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan:
nowhere else mentioned.

1 Chronicles 4:7 In-Context

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

6 Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,

8 and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

Footnotes

• [a] Alternate MT reading; the other alternate (see also Vulgate) reads Izhar.