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Gill's Exposition
And Ashur the father of Tekoa,.... A son of Hezron by Abiah, Ch1 2:24.
had two wives, Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.
One reason, no doubt, why Ezra is here most particular in the register of the tribe of Judah is because it was that tribe which, with its appendages, Simeon, Benjamin, and Levi, made up the kingdom of…