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1 Chronicles 2:13

1 Chronicles 2:13
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath,.... The Targum is, "Miriam, who was called Ephrath"; but, according to Josephus (q), it was his son Hur that was the husband of Miriam the sister…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 2:1-17

Here is, I. The family of Jacob. His twelve sons are here named, that illustrious number so often celebrated almost throughout the whole Bible, from the first to the last book of it. At every turn we…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Shimma R.V. Shimea, as in 1Ch 20:7. His name is written "Shammah" in 1Sa 16:9. In 2Sa 21:21 "Shimei" (R.V.).

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