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Gill's Exposition
The son of Dekar in Makaz,.... A place in the tribe of Dan, on the borders of it:
and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan; all in the same tribe, see Jos 19:41.
Barnes' Notes
In this arrangement of the territory into twelve portions, the divisions of the tribes seem to have been adopted as far as could be managed without unfairness. The prefecture of Ben-Hur corresponded…
Here we have,
I. Solomon upon his throne (Kg1 4:1): So king Solomon was king, that is, he was confirmed and established king over all Israel, and not, as his successors, only over two tribes. He was a…
Cambridge Bible
The son of Hur Better Ben-Hur. So the Vulgate and similarly in 1Ki 4:9-11; 1Ki 4:13. The name is a patronymic, and five out of these twelve officers are thus designated by their fathers" names rather…