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1 Chronicles 4:5

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What does 1 Chronicles 4:5 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
1 Chronicles 4:5 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
2And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
4and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.
5And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
8And Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
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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 Ashur the father of Tekoa, etc.] A son of Hezron by Abiah, (<130224>1 Chronicles 2:24) had two wives, Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Ch1 2:24 1 Chronicles 4:8”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“Sons of Ashur, the father of Tekoa, who, according to Ch1 2:24, was a posthumous son of Hezron. Ashur had two wives, Helah and Naarah. Of the latter came four sons and as many families: Ahuzam, of whom nothing further is known; Hepher, also unknown, but to be distinguished from the Gileadite of the same name in Ch1 11:36 and Num 26:32. The conjecture that the name is connected wit the land of Hepher ( Kg1 4:10), the territory of a king conquered by Joshua ( Jos 12:17) (Berth.), is not very well supported. Temani (man of the south) may be simply the name of a person, but it is probably, like the following, the name of a family. Haahashtari, descended from Ahashtar, is quite unknown. 1…”
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