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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 1:43 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 1:43 |
Strong Concordance |
Now these are the kings [04428] that reigned [04427] in the land [0776] of Edom [0123] before [06440] any king [04428] reigned [04427] over the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; Bela [01106] the son [01121] of Beor [01160]: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Dinhabah [01838]. |
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King James |
Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The slight differences favor the view, that the writer of Chronicles has here, as elsewhere, abridged from Genesis (see the marginal references). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The kings of Edom before the introduction of the kingship into Israel. - This is a verbally exact repetition of Gen 36:31-39, except that the introductory formula, Gen 36:32, "and there reigned in Edom," which is superfluous after the heading, and the addition "ben Achbor" (Gen 36:39) in the account of the death of Baal-hanan in Ch1 1:50, are omitted; the latter because even in Genesis, where mention is made of the death of other kings, the name of the father of the deceased king is not repeated. Besides this, the king called Hadad (v. 46f.), and the city פּעי (v. 50), are in Genesis Hadar (Gen 36:35.) and פּעוּ (Gen 36:39). The first of these variations has arisen from a transcriber's error, the other from a different pronunciation of the name. A somewhat more important divergence, however, appears, when in Gen 36:39 the death of the king last named is not mentioned, because he was still alive in the time of Moses; while in the Chronicle, on the contrary, not only of him also is it added, הדד ויּמת, because at the time of the writing of the Chronicle he had long been dead, but the list of the names of the territories of the phylarchs, which in Genesis follows the introductory formula שׁמות alum ואלּה, is here connected with the enumeration of the kings by ויּהיוּ, "Hadad died, and there were chiefs of Edom." This may mean that, in the view of the chronicler, the reign of the phylarchs took the place of the kingship after the death of the last king, but that interpretation is by no means necessary. The ו consec. may also merely express the succession of thought, only connecting logically the mention of the princes with the enumeration of the kings; or it may signify that, besides the kings, there were also tribal princes who could rule the land and people. The contents of the register which follows require that ויּהיוּ should be so understood. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Before any king reigned over - Israel - See Gen 36:31 (note), etc., where the same verses occur, as I have supposed borrowed from this place; and see the notes there.
Bela the son of Beor - "Balaam the impious son of Beor, the same as Laban the Syrian, who formed a confederacy with the sons of Esau, to destroy Jacob and his children; and he studied to destroy them utterly. Afterwards he reigned in Sodom; and the name of his royal city was Dinhabah, because it was undeservedly given to him." - T. |
39 And Baalhanan [01177] the son [01121] of Achbor [05907] died [04191], and Hadar [01924] reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Pau [06464]; and his wife's [0802] name [08034] was Mehetabel [04105], the daughter [01323] of Matred [04308], the daughter [01323] of Mezahab [04314].
39 And Baalhanan [01177] the son [01121] of Achbor [05907] died [04191], and Hadar [01924] reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Pau [06464]; and his wife's [0802] name [08034] was Mehetabel [04105], the daughter [01323] of Matred [04308], the daughter [01323] of Mezahab [04314].
35 And Husham [02367] died [04191], and Hadad [01908] the son [01121] of Bedad [0911], who smote [05221] Midian [04080] in the field [07704] of Moab [04124], reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Avith [05762].
50 And when Baalhanan [01177] was dead [04191], Hadad [01908] reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Pai [06464]; and his wife's [0802] name [08034] was Mehetabel [04105], the daughter [01323] of Matred [04308], the daughter [01323] of Mezahab [04314].
39 And Baalhanan [01177] the son [01121] of Achbor [05907] died [04191], and Hadar [01924] reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Pau [06464]; and his wife's [0802] name [08034] was Mehetabel [04105], the daughter [01323] of Matred [04308], the daughter [01323] of Mezahab [04314].
32 And Bela [01106] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] reigned [04427] in Edom [0123]: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Dinhabah [01838].
31 And these are the kings [04428] that reigned [04427] in the land [0776] of Edom [0123], before [06440] there reigned [04427] any king [04428] over the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
32 And Bela [01106] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] reigned [04427] in Edom [0123]: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Dinhabah [01838].
33 And Bela [01106] died [04191], and Jobab [03103] the son [01121] of Zerah [02226] of Bozrah [01224] reigned [04427] in his stead.
34 And Jobab [03103] died [04191], and Husham [02367] of the land [0776] of Temani [08489] reigned [04427] in his stead.
35 And Husham [02367] died [04191], and Hadad [01908] the son [01121] of Bedad [0911], who smote [05221] Midian [04080] in the field [07704] of Moab [04124], reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Avith [05762].
36 And Hadad [01908] died [04191], and Samlah [08072] of Masrekah [04957] reigned [04427] in his stead.
37 And Samlah [08072] died [04191], and Saul [07586] of Rehoboth [07344] by the river [05104] reigned [04427] in his stead.
38 And Saul [07586] died [04191], and Baalhanan [01177] the son [01121] of Achbor [05907] reigned [04427] in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan [01177] the son [01121] of Achbor [05907] died [04191], and Hadar [01924] reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Pau [06464]; and his wife's [0802] name [08034] was Mehetabel [04105], the daughter [01323] of Matred [04308], the daughter [01323] of Mezahab [04314].
31 And these are the kings [04428] that reigned [04427] in the land [0776] of Edom [0123], before [06440] there reigned [04427] any king [04428] over the children [01121] of Israel [03478].