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1 Chronicles 1:48

1 Chronicles 1:48
And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

1 Chronicles 1:43-54

The slight differences favor the view, that the writer of Chronicles has here, as elsewhere, abridged from Genesis (see the marginal references).

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

By the river - "Shaul of Plathiutha, a great city, built on the banks of the Euphrates." - T.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 1:28-54

All nations but the seed of Abraham are already shaken off from this genealogy: they have no part nor lot in this matter. The Lord's portion is his people. Of them he keeps an account, knows them by…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Rehobothby the River] The Euphrates is meant. See Map 6 in the Cambridge Companion to the Bible.

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