The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
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Gill's Exposition
The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were,.... The genealogy of the posterity of Judah, in the lines of Pharez and Zerah, being given, and very largely in that of the former, because of the honour of…
Adam Clarke
That wrought fine linen - "Of the family of those who worked in fine flax to make garments for kings and priests." - 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
Shelah 1Ch 2:3.
Lecah an unknown place.
Mareshah 1Ch 2:42; 2Ch 11:8; Jos 15:44 (mentioned with Keilah). A town in the south of Judah.
the house of Ashbea Nothing is known of such a family. We might…
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