1 Chronicles 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

1 CHRONICLES Chapter 4 The posterity of Judah by Caleb the son of Hur, 1 Chronicles 4:1-4. By Ashur, 1 Chronicles 4:5-8. By Jabez: his prayer, 1 Chronicles 4:9-20. The posterity of Shelah, 1 Chronicles 4:21-23. The posterity and cities of Simeon: their conquest of Gedor; and of the Amalekites in Mount Seir, 1 Chronicles 4:24-43. The sons of Judah, i.e. the posterity; for only Pharez was his immediate son. But they are all mentioned here only to show Shobal's descent from Judah, of whom he intended to speak more particularly.

1 Chronicles 4:1

1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi,a and Hur, and Shobal.