Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 2:51
Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records a genealogy for Israel, continuing the list of Caleb’s descendants through Hur in the post-exilic period.
The words — אֲבִי ('a.Vi) = [the] father of [H1] and בֵֽית\־לָ֔חֶם (veit-La.chem) = Beth- [H1035] / -lehem.
The thread — The genealogical structure continues in 1 Chronicles 4:4 with further descendants of Hur, while the location Bethlehem appears in Genesis 35:19 and Ruth 1:19.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to trace tribal inheritance and recognize how ancestral claims to named settlements anchor Israel’s territorial and genealogical records.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Salma the father of Beth–lehem, Hareph the father of Beth–gader.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 4:4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
- Genesis 35:19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- Ruth 1:19 So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
- Ruth 2:4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
- Ruth 4:11 “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
- Matthew 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Matthew 2:6 ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
- John 7:42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”