1 Chronicles 2:18-24
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Clan of Caleb, Son of Hezron
18 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, also known as Jerioth.[a] These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath,[b] who gave birth to Hur for him. 20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
Other Descendants of Hezron
21 Afterward, Hezron went to the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead, whom he took when he was sixty years old, and she gave birth to Segub for him. 22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities[c] in the land of Gilead. 23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, along with Kenath and its villages,[d] sixty cities in all. All these were the sons of Makir, the father of Gilead.
24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, gave birth to Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.[e]
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- 1 Chronicles 2:18 The Hebrew text reads and Jerioth. Since only one woman is mentioned in the next sentence, the word and here seems to be explanatory, producing the meaning also called Jerioth. The text is difficult, and translations vary greatly. By alternate arrangements of the text, Jerioth is understood as the name of the first son or of a second wife.
- 1 Chronicles 2:19 The genealogies of Caleb son of Hezron (not to be confused with Joshua’s companion Caleb) are very confusing, probably because his life was a tangle of wives and concubines. See verses 21-24, 42-47.
- 1 Chronicles 2:22 The Hebrew word ‘ir, usually translated cities, includes settlements smaller than what would typically be called cities today.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 Literally its daughters
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 This difficult text has also been translated: After Hezron’s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s wife (v 19), and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa, but this translation requires some emendation of the text.
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