And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
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Gill's Exposition
And Eshton begat Bethrapha,.... Or the family of Rapha:
and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash; or the city of Nahash; Tehinnah seems to have been the prince or governor of a city, so…
It has been conjectured from the strangeness of all the names in this list, that we have here a fragment of Canaanite record, connected with the family of the “Shua,” whose daughter Judah took to wife…
Adam Clarke
These are the men of Rechah - "These are the men of the great Sanhedrin." - T.
We may observe in these verses, 1. That here is a whole family of craftsmen, handicraft tradesmen, that applied themselves to all sorts of manufactures, in which they were ingenious and industrious…
Cambridge Bible
These are the men of Rechah LXX. (B), the men of Rechab; cp. 1Ch 2:55, note. Targ. the men of the Great Synagogue, reading perhaps rabbah("great") for Rechah.