Chronicles I 4:4

4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these the sons of Or, the first-born of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.

Chronicles I 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.

Chronicles I 4:4 In-Context

2 and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these the generations of the Arathites.

3 And these the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name Eselebbon.

4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these the sons of Or, the first-born of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.

5 And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.

6 And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these the sons of Aoda.