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1 Chronicles 4:17

1 Chronicles 4:17
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the sons of Ezra,.... Who was perhaps the son of Asareel, last mentioned:

Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; only one of them, Mered, is after mentioned:

and she bare Miriam; which is…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

She bare Miriam - Rather, “she conceived.” The mother is not mentioned, and it seems impossible to restore the original text with any certainty.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 4:11-23

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

and Jalon: and she bare Miriam As the text stands shehas no antecedent. It has therefore been proposed to transfer from 1Ch 4:18 the words And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,…

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