1 Chronicles 4:5

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

1 Chronicles 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:5

And Ashur the father of Tekoa
A son of Hezron by Abiah, ( 1 Chronicles 2:24 )

had two wives, Helah and Naarah;
as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.

1 Chronicles 4:5 In-Context

3 And these [were of] the father of Etam: Jizreel, and Jishma, and Jidbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;
4 and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, [and] father of Bethlehem.
5 -- And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
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