1 Chronicles 4:18

“And his wife Jehudijah, etc.] Another wife of Ezra; or, according to Kimchi, of Mered; a Jewess, as the word is by some rendered, to distinguish her from another wife, an Egyptian, in the latter part of the verse: bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah; who were princes, as Jarchi seems rightly to observe; of several cities of these names in the tribe of Judah, as of Gedor, (see <061558>Joshua 15:58), of Socoh, (<061535>Joshua 15:35,48), of Zanoah, (<061534>Joshua 15:34), the Targum interprets the names of all these men of Moses, whom Pharaoh’s daughter brought up; and so other Jewish writers f25 , into which mistake they were led by…”

“Jehudijah--"the Jewess," to distinguish her from his other wife, who was an Egyptian. This passage records a very interesting fact--the marriage of an Egyptian princess to a descendant of Caleb. The marriage must have taken place in the wilderness. The barriers of a different national language and national religion kept the Hebrews separate from the Egyptians; but they did not wholly prevent intimacies, and even occasional intermarriages between private individuals of the two nations. Before such unions, however, could be sanctioned, the Egyptian party must have renounced idolatry, and this daughter of Pharaoh, as appears from her name, had become a convert to the worship of the God of…”

“His wife - i. e. Mered’s. Mered, it would seem, had two wives, Bithiah, an Egyptian woman, and a Jewish wife (see the margin), whose name is not given. If Mered was a chief of rank, Bithlah may have been married to him with the consent of her father, for the Egyptian kings often gave their daughters in marriage to foreigners. Or she may have elected to forsake her countrymen and cleave to a Jewish husband, becoming a convert to his religion. Her name, Bithiah, “daughter of Yahweh,” is like that of a convert. return to 'Top of Page'”

“4:18 Through Mered’s wife Bithia, a daughter of Pharaoh, the descendants of Judah included children of Egyptian heritage.”

“Jehudijah: i.e. Jewess, \[Strong's H3057\], Ch1 4:19 Jered: Ch1 1:2 the father of: Ch1 4:4, Ch1 4:39, Ch1 2:42; Jos 15:58 Gedor: Gedor was a city in the tribe of Judah; and probably the same which Eusebius calls Κεδους, and Jerome Gedrus, ten miles from Diospolis, or Lydda, towards Eleutheropolis. Heber: Gen 46:17 Socho: i.e. inclosure; his branch, \[Strong's H7755\]. Ch1 4:18; Ch2 11:7, Shocho, Ch1 28:18, Also, Jos 15:35, Jos 15:48; Sa1 17:1; Kg1 4:10 Socho Personal Characteristics References 1. A city of Judah Jos 15:35; Sa1 17:1; Kg1 4:10; Ch2 11:7 2\. Another city of Judah Jos 15:48 Jekuthiel: i.e. the fear or veneration or preservation of God; God is almightiness, \[Strong's H3354\],…”