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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 12:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 12:4 |
King James |
And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Ismaiah the Gibeonite--It appears that not only the Canaanites who were admitted into the congregation (Jos. 9:1-27), but people of the tribe of Benjamin, were among the inhabitants of Gibeon. The mention of "the Gederathite," probably from Gederah (Jos 15:36), in the lowlands of Judah; of the Korhites (Ch1 12:6), from Korah (Ch1 2:43), and of Gedor (Ch1 12:7), a town in Judah, to the southwest of Beth-lehem (compare Ch1 4:4), shows that this first list contains men of Judah as well as Benjamin [BERTHEAU]. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thirty - Who came attended with thirty valiant Benjamites, and was their commander. |
4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: