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1 Chronicles 2:53

1 Chronicles 2:53
And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The families of Kirjath-jearim - "These were the children of Moses, which Zipporah bare to him, viz., the Jethrites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of these came the disciples of the prophets…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 2:18-55

The persons mentioned in the former paragraph are most of them such as we read of, and most of them such as we read much of, in other scriptures; but very few of those to whom this paragraph relates…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Puhites R.V. rightly Puthites.

Zareathites R.V. Zorathites as in 1Ch 4:2, where the same family is mentioned again.