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1 Chronicles 5:13

1 Chronicles 5:13
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri,.... That is, the seven before mentioned; they were the posterity of Abihail, whose pedigree is traced from his father Huri to Buz, the intermediate…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And their brethren - This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and in the Arabic.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 5:1-17

We have here an extract out of the genealogies,

I. Of the tribe of Reuben, where we have,

1. The reason why this tribe is thus postponed. It is confessed that Reuben was the first-born of Israel, and,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

of the house of their fathers … Jachan … and Heber R.V. of their fathers" houses … Jacan … and Eber.