1 Chronicles 23:17

17 Eliezer's first son was Rehabiah. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.

1 Chronicles 23:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:17

And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the chief
The first and only begotten, as it follows:

and Eliezer had none other sons;
before nor after him:

but the sons of Rehabiah were very many;
or greatly multiplied; not, as the Targum says, above 600,000; the number of Israel, as the Jewish writers ^F13 fancy; which they gather from ( Exodus 1:7 ) ( 32:10 ) ( Numbers 11:21 ) , and that though Moses deprecated the multiplication of his seed, God fulfilled it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 T. Bab Beracot, fol. 7. 1, 2, Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 16. fol. 220. 4.

1 Chronicles 23:17 In-Context

15 Moses' sons were Gershom and Eliezer.

16 Gershom's first son was Shubael.

17 Eliezer's first son was Rehabiah. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.

18 Izhar's first son was Shelomith.

19 Hebron's first son was Jeriah, his second was Amariah, his third was Jahaziel, and his fourth was Jekameam