1 Chronicles 2:6

6 His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

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).

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FOOTNOTES:

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

1 Chronicles 2:6 In-Context

4 By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.

5 Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul.

6 His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

7 Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.

8 Ethan had one son, Azariah.