1 Chronicles 4:16

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 4:16 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
1 Chronicles 4:16 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

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 the sons of Jehaleleel, etc.] Who probably was the son of Uknaz: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel; there were two cities in the tribe of Judah of the name of Ziph, (<061524>Joshua 15:24,55), which might be called from these men, or from Ziph in (<130242>1 Chronicles 2:42).”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“Descendants of various men, whose genealogical connection with the sons and grandsons of Judah, mentioned in Ch1 4:1, is not given in the text as it has come to us. Ch1 4:16 Sons of Jehaleleel, a man not elsewhere mentioned. Ziph, Ziphah, etc., are met with only here. There is no strong reason for connecting the name זיף with the towns of that name, Jos 15:24, Jos 15:55. Ch1 4:17-19 Ezra, whose four sons are enumerated, is likewise unknown. The singular בּן is peculiar, but has analogies in Ch1 3:19, Ch1 3:21, and Ch1 3:23. Of the names of his sons, Jether and Epher again occur, the former in Ch1 2:53, and the latter in Ch1 1:33 and Ch1 5:24, but in other families. Jalon, on the contrary, is…”
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