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1 Chronicles 2:20

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 2:20 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.
1 Chronicles 2:20 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
17And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.
20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.
21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.] Who yet is not thought to be the same Bezaleel we read of in (<023102>Exodus 31:2) though the fathers and grandfathers of both have the same names, and were of the same tribe.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“2:20 The Lord chose Bezalel, a craftsman descended from Hezron, to construct the Tabernacle (see Exod 31:1-2).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Bezaleel: Exo 31:2, Exo 36:1, Exo 36:2, Exo 37:1, Exo 38:22; Ch2 1:5 1 Chronicles 2:21”
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