1 Chronicles 8:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Hodesh his wife. — The new Moabite wife or settlement of Shaharaim. The names of two of the sons begotten in Moab have a Moabite cast — viz., Mesha’, comp. Mesha’ king of Moab, 2 Kings 3:4; and Malcham, comp. Malcham (Milcom) as a title of the god of Moab and Ammon, Jeremiah 49:1 (Heb.).

1 Chronicles 8:9

9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,