1 Chronicles 4:12

12 porro Esthon genuit Bethrapha et Phesse et Thena patrem urbis Naas hii sunt viri Recha

1 Chronicles 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:12

And Eshton begat Bethrapha
Or the family of Rapha:

and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash;
or the city of Nahash; Tehinnah seems to have been the prince or governor of a city, so called:

these are the men of Rechah;
these sons of Eshton dwelt in a place called Rechah; the Targum, without any reason, says, these are the men of the great sanhedrim.

1 Chronicles 4:12 In-Context

10 invocavit vero Iabes Deum Israhel dicens si benedicens benedixeris mihi et dilataveris terminos meos et fuerit manus tua mecum et feceris me a malitia non opprimi et praestitit Deus quae precatus est

11 Chaleb autem frater Suaa genuit Machir qui fuit pater Esthon

12 porro Esthon genuit Bethrapha et Phesse et Thena patrem urbis Naas hii sunt viri Recha

13 filii autem Cenez Othonihel et Saraia porro filii Othonihel Athath

14 et Maonathi genuit Ophra Saraias autem genuit Ioab patrem vallis Artificum ibi quippe artifices erant