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1 Chronicles 4:17
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler records a genealogy of Judah’s descendants, listing the sons of Ezrah and the offspring of Mered’s wife Bithiah within a broader family register. The words — וַ/תַּ֙הַר (Ta.har) denotes “she conceived,” marking the biological event that initiates the next generation, while עֶזְרָ֔ה ('ez.Rah) identifies the patriarchal line being traced. The thread — Ishbah, named here as the father of Eshtemoa, reappears in Joshua 15:50 and 1 Samuel 30:28 as a territorial designation, linking this family line to later Israelite geography. Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize how specific familial connections establish tribal inheritance and geographic settlement without theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 4:19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
- Joshua 15:50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
- 1 Samuel 30:28 to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;
- 1 Chronicles 6:57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
- 1 Chronicles 21:24 “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”