1 Chronicles 2:52

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 2:52 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
1 Chronicles 2:52 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
52And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

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 Shobal, the father of Kirjathjearim had sons, etc.] Which shows that Kirjathjearim is not the name of a man, or of any of Shobal’s sons, who are next mentioned, but of a place of which he was prince: the first is Haroeh, who is called Reaiah, (<130402>1 Chronicles 4:2) a word of the same signification: and half of the Manahethites; which Kimchi takes to be the proper name of a man called Chatzihamanaheth, another son of Shobal’s; but Jarchi interprets it of the name of a place or province called Manahath, (<130806>1 Chronicles 8:6) over half of which Haroeh was governor.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Haroeh: or, Reaiah, Ch1 4:2; As Haroeh and Reaiah have nearly the same signification, it is probable they were deemed perfectly interchangeable, and indifferently applied. half of the Manahethites: or, half of the Menuchites, or, Hatsihammenuchoth. 1 Chronicles 2:53”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“Shobal had sons, המּנחות חצי הראה. These words, which are translated in the Vulgate, qui videbat dimidium requietionum, give, so interpreted, no fitting sense, but must contain proper names. The lxx have made from them three names, Ἀραὰ καὶ Αἰσὶ καὶ Ἀμμανίθ, on mere conjecture. Most commentators take הראה for the name of the man who, in Ch1 4:2, is called under the name Reaiah, ראיה, the son of Shobal. This is doubtless correct; but we must not take הראה for another name of Reaiah, but, with Bertheau, must hold it to be a corruption of ראיה, or a conjecture arising from a false interpretation of המּנחות חצי by a transcriber or reader, who did not take Hazi-Hammenuhoth for a proper…”
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