1 Chronicles 4:17

“And the sons of Ezra, etc.] Who was perhaps the son of Asareel, last mentioned: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; only one of them, Mered, is after mentioned: and she bare Miriam; which is not the name of a woman, but of a man, as Kimchi observes; and, according to him, his mother was the wife of Mered, which he gathers from the next verse; though she seems to be the wife of Ezra, who bare him other sons: and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa; a prince of a city in the tribe of Judah, so called, (<061550>Joshua 15:50 21:14).”

“she bare Miriam--It is difficult, as the verses stand at present, to see who is meant. The following readjustment of the text clears away the obscurity: "These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took, and she bare Miriam, and his wife Jehudijah bare Jezreel," &c.”

“She bare Miriam - Rather, “she conceived.” The mother is not mentioned, and it seems impossible to restore the original text with any certainty. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Ezra: Ezra seems to be the person before called Asareel in Ch1 4:16. and she bare Miriam: It is probable that the latter part of Ch1 4:18 should be transposed before this passage, which Michaelis thinks is its right place; for otherwise we have the pronoun she without an antecedent, and children born without their father's being mentioned. Eshtemoa: Ch1 4:19, Ch1 6:57; Jos 15:50, Eshtemoh, Ch1 21:24; Sa1 30:28 1 Chronicles 4:18”