1 Chronicles 4:21

21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah; and these were the kindreds of the house of men working bis, in the house of an oath (and these were the families of the house of those who made fine linen, of the house of Ashbea/at Beth-ashbea),

1 Chronicles 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:21

The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were
The genealogy of the posterity of Judah, in the lines of Pharez and Zerah, being given, and very largely in that of the former, because of the honour of David, and his kingdom, which sprang from thence, as Jarchi observes, and also the King Messiah, the writer returns to give an account of his posterity by Shelah, a son he had by the daughter of Shuah, ( Genesis 38:2-5 ) and the only one that had children: which were as follow,

Er the father of Lecah:
prince of a city of this name in the tribe of Judah; Shelah gave him the name of Er, in memory of his brother, ( Genesis 38:3 ) ,

and Laadah the father of Mareshah;
prince of a city of this name in the same tribe, ( Joshua 15:44 )

and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the
house of Ashbea;
which last clause explains what house these families were of, which sprang from Shelah, and were employed in making fine linen; the Targum adds, for the garments of kings and priests, or for the curtains of the tabernacle, as Jarchi; for not with the Egyptians and Greeks only fine linen was made, but among the Hebrews, as Pausanias ^F6 testifies.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Eliac. 1. sive, l. 5. p. 294.

1 Chronicles 4:21 In-Context

19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, father of Keilah, were (the) Garmite, and Eshtemoa, that was of Maachathites. (And the sons of Hodiah and his wife, Naham's sister, were Daliah the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.)

20 Also the sons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah; the son of Hanan was Tilon (And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah, and Benhanan, and Tilon); and the sons of Ishi were Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah; and these were the kindreds of the house of men working bis, in the house of an oath (and these were the families of the house of those who made fine linen, of the house of Ashbea/at Beth-ashbea),

22 and which made the sun to stand, and the men of lying, secure, and going, that were princes in Moab, and that turned again into Bethlehem; and these be [the] old words. (and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who were the leaders in Moab, and Jashubilehem; and these be the old words.)

23 These be (the) potters dwelling in plantings, and in hedges, with kings in their works; and they dwelled there. (These be the potters, and those living among plants and hedges; and they lived there with the king, to be in his service./These be the potters, living in Netaim and Gederah; and they lived there, and worked for the king.)