1 Chronicles 4

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Template:Short description Template:Bible chapter 1 Chronicles 4 is the fourth chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE.Template:Sfn Together with chapters 2 and 3, this chapter focuses on the descendants of Judah: chapter 2 deals with the tribes of Judah in general, chapter 3 lists the sons of David in particular and chapter 4 concerns the remaining families in the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Simeon,Template:Sfn geographically the southernmost west-Jordanian tribe.Template:Sfn These chapters belong to the section focusing on the list of genealogies from Adam to the lists of the people returning from exile in Babylon (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 9:34).Template:Sfn

Text

This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language. It is divided into 43 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).Template:Sfn

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; 𝔊B; 4th century), and Codex Alexandrinus (A; 𝔊A; 5th century).Template:SfnTemplate:Efn

Old Testament references

Structure

The whole chapter belongs to an arrangement comprising 1 Chronicles 2:3–8:40 with the king-producing tribes of Judah (David; 2:3–4:43) and Benjamin (Saul; 8:1–40) bracketing the series of lists as the priestly tribe of Levi (6:1–81) anchors the center, in the following order:Template:Sfn

A David’s royal tribe of Judah (2:3–4:43)
B Northern tribes east of Jordan (5:1–26)
X The priestly tribe of Levi (6:1–81)
B' Northern tribes west of Jordan (7:1–40)
A' Saul’s royal tribe of Benjamin (8:1–40)Template:Sfn

Another concentric arrangement focuses on David's royal tribe of Judah (2:3–4:23), centering on the family of Hezron, Judah's grandson, through his three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai (Caleb),[1] as follows:Template:Sfn

A Descendants of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah (2:3–8)
B Descendants of Ram up to David (2:9–17)
C Descendants of Caleb (2:18–24)
D Descendants of Jerahmeel (2:25–33)
D' Descendants of Jerahmeel (2:34–41)
C' Descendants of Caleb (2:42–55)
B' Descendants of Ram following David [David’s descendants] (3:1–24)
A' Descendants of Shelah, Judah s only surviving son (4:21–23)Template:Sfn

Template:Anchor Descendants of Judah (4:1–8)

This section, continued in verses 11–23, consists of 'many small, seemingly unrelated pieces' with little textual clarity, which potentially could be a valuable historical source, although it is difficult to interpret. These lists partly refer back to chapter 2.Template:Sfn A number of prominent women are listed here (as well as in the latter parts):Template:Sfn

Verse 2

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.[2]

Template:AnchorPrayer of Jabez (4:9–10)

Template:See also These two verses form a unique passage highlighting the Chronicler's respect for wealth and the effectiveness of prayer. It shows one example of the Chronicler's frequent use of meaningful names: "Jabez" (Template:Lang, Template:Strong-number) was given that name because his mother bore him with sorrow (Template:Lang, Template:Strong-number, meaning "in pain"; verse 9), while he himself prays that no sorrow' (Template:Lang, Template:Strong-number; verse 10) would fall upon him.Template:Sfn[5]

Template:AnchorMore descendants of Judah (4:11–23)

Together with verses 1–8, this section partly refers back to chapter 2.Template:Sfn Some prominent women are listed here (other than in the previous parts):Template:Sfn

  • Bithiah: "daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married" (verse 18)
  • Miriam, a daughter (verse 17)
  • Mered's Judahite wife, not mentioned by name (or the name is "Jehudijah" according to KJV and NKJV; verse 18)
  • The wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham (verse 19)Template:Sfn

Template:AnchorDescendants of Simeon (4:24–43)

This section focuses on the tribe of Simeon, which had constant close ties with Judah (such as in Template:Bibleverse, Template:Bibleverse; Template:Bibleverse) and historically was quickly engulfed by the descendants of Judah.Template:Sfn In contrast to the previous parts in the same chapter, it has an obvious structure: the genealogy (verses 24–27; drawn from Template:Bibleverse and Template:Bibleverse) is followed by the lists of the tribe's settlement territories (verses 28–33, drawn from Template:Bibleverse), the leaders (verses 34–38) and two events in their history, when the tribe pushed out the Meunites and Amalekites to expand the territories for their flocks (verses 39–43).Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The tribe's warlike attitude correlates to the characterization in Template:Bibleverse, Template:Bibleverse-nb, and Template:Bibleverse.Template:Sfn

Verse 31

Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.[6]
  • "Hazar Susim": is written as "Hazar Susah" in Template:Bibleverse.[7]
  • "Until the reign of David": or "until David became king", an emphasis by the Chronicler that the engulfing of the tribe of Simeon by Judah happened during David's reign (if not before).Template:Sfn

See also

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Notes

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References

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Sources

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  1. ↑ Williamson, H. G. M. "1 and 2 Chronicles" (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982) pp. 25–28. apud Throntveit 2003, p. 376.
  2. ↑ Template:Bibleverse KJV
  3. ↑ Note on 1 Chronicles 4:2 in NKJV
  4. ↑ Ellicott, C. J. (Ed.) (1905). Ellicott's Bible Commentary for English Readers. 1 Chronicles 4. London : Cassell and Company, Limited, [1905-1906] Online version: (OCoLC) 929526708. Accessed 28 April 2019.
  5. ↑ 1 Chronicles 4:9 and 10 Hebrew text analysis. Biblehub
  6. ↑ Template:Bibleref2 NKJV
  7. ↑ Note on 1 Chronicls 4:31 in NKJV
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