1 Chronicles 2:53

and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The chronicler compiles a genealogical record, listing the clans that branch from Shobal, identified as the father of Kiriath-jearim.

The words — `kir.Yat` (Kiriath) denotes a fortified town or city, while `me./'E.leh` (from/these) marks the direct lineage branching outward.

The thread — The towns of Zorah and Eshtaol reappear in Joshua 15:33 as foothill settlements and in Judges 13:2 and 13:25 as the region where Manoah’s family lived and Samson’s ministry began.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how localized tribal territories map onto broader biblical history, requiring the reader to trace how early clan divisions establish the geographic and ancestral framework for later narrative events.

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The Hebrew words

וּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת֙u./mish.pe.chOtand/ [the] clans of קִרְיַ֣תkir.YatKiriath יְעָרִ֔יםye.'a.RimJearim הַיִּתְרִי֙hai./yit.Rithe/ Ithrite[s]וְהַפּוּתִ֔יve./ha./pu.Tiand/ the/ Puthite[s]וְהַשֻּׁמָתִ֖יve./ha./shu.ma.Tiand/ the/ Shumathite[s]וְהַמִּשְׁרָעִ֑יve./ha./mish.ra.'Iand/ the/ Mishraite[s]מֵאֵ֗לֶּהme./'E.lehfrom/ these יָצְאוּ֙ya.tze.'Uthey came forth הַצָּ֣רְעָתִ֔יha./Tza.re.'a.Tithe/ Zorathite[s]וְהָאֶשְׁתָּ֖אֻֽלִֽי׃ סve./ha./'esh.Ta.'u.Liand/ the/ Eshtaolite[s]

King James Version

And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

Cross-references

Joshua 15:33 These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
Judges 13:2 Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
Judges 13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
2 Samuel 23:38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Joshua 19:41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
1 Chronicles 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Judges 16:31 Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.