1 Chronicles 4:4

4 and ¹Penuel fathered ²Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of ³Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:4

And Penuel the father of Gedor
The prince of that place, according to some, and the same with Hareph, ( 1 Chronicles 2:51 ) ,

and Ezer the father of Hushah:
thought to be the same with Shuah, ( 1 Chronicles 4:11 ) ,

these are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah:
Caleb's wife, ( 1 Chronicles 2:19 ) the Targum adds, the same with Miriam; and so other Jewish writers ^F24 say, Miriam had two names, and one was Ephratah; though Josephus makes ^F25 Hur to be her husband, and not her son, as here:

who was the father of Bethlehem;
of the inhabitants of that city, at least part of them, or prince of that place, as his grandson Salma also was, ( 1 Chronicles 2:51 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Shemot Rabba, sect. 1. fol. 90. 4. Yalkut in 1 Chron. ii. 19.
F25 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 2.

1 Chronicles 4:4 In-Context

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

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

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

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

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

Cross References

• 1. 4:4 [ver. 18]
• 2. 4:4 ver. 18, 39
• 3. 4:4 [Gen. 35:19; ch. 2:50, 51]