And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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Barnes' Notes
Kenites - It is remarkable that Kenites - people of a race quite distinct from the Israelites Gen 15:19 - should be attached to, and, as it were, included in the descendants of Judah. It seems,…
Adam Clarke
The families - "The families of the Rechabites, the sons of Eliezer the son of Misco, the disciple of Jabez; he was Othniel, the son of Kenaz. And he was called Jabez, because in his council he…
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…
Cambridge Bible
at Jabez Jabezoccurs as the name of a man of the tribe of Judah in 1Ch 4:9.
the Kenites that came Render, the Kenites who came in, i.e. attached themselves to Israel.
of Hemath Render, who were of…
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