1 Chronicles 2:18

18 Chaleb vero filius Esrom accepit uxorem nomine Azuba de qua genuit Ierioth fueruntque filii eius Iesar et Sobab et Ardon

1 Chronicles 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:18

And Caleb the son of Hezron
The same that is called Chelubai, ( 1 Chronicles 2:9 ) but not the same with Caleb the son of Jephunneh, made mention of in the books of Numbers, Joshua, and Judges:

he begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth;
who were both his wives; or it may be rather, since Azubah is so particularly called his wife, Jerioth might be a concubine: or of Azubah he begat Jerioth; so the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions; though it seems best with Hillerus F16 to interpret these names of the same person, and render the last clause, "that is, of Jerioth", of her whose name also was Jerioth, Azubah having two names; and the rather, since only the children of one are mentioned, as follows:

her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon
of whom we read nowhere else; the Targum says, Azubah was so called, because she was barren and despised, which this clause contradicts.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 568.

1 Chronicles 2:18 In-Context

16 quorum sorores fuerunt Sarvia et Abigail filii Sarviae Abisai Ioab et Asahel tres
17 Abigail autem genuit Amasa cuius pater fuit Iether Ismahelites
18 Chaleb vero filius Esrom accepit uxorem nomine Azuba de qua genuit Ierioth fueruntque filii eius Iesar et Sobab et Ardon
19 cumque mortua fuisset Azuba accepit uxorem Chaleb Ephrath quae peperit ei Ur
20 porro Ur genuit Uri et Uri genuit Beselehel
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.