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1 Chronicles 2:4

1 Chronicles 2:4
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the sons of Zerah,.... The other twin of Judah:

Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all; the Targum calls them governors, and adds, on whom the spirit of prophecy…

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

1 Chronicles 2:3-17

The Descent of the Sons of Jesse from Judah

4. Pharez R.V. Perez.