1 Chronicles 4:4

4 and Penu'el the father of Gedor, and Etzer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Efratah, the father of Beit-Lechem.

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 Re'ayah the son of Shoval became the father of Yachat; and Yachat became the father of Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor`ati.

3 These were [the sons of] the father of `Etam: Yizre`el, and Yishma, and Yidbash; and the name of their sister was Hatztzelel-Poni;

4 and Penu'el the father of Gedor, and Etzer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Efratah, the father of Beit-Lechem.

5 Ashshur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Hel'ah and Na`arah.

6 Na`arah bore him Achuzzam, and Hefer, and Timni, and Achashtari. These were the sons of Na`arah.