John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 2:54

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The sons of Salma, etc.] Another son of the younger Caleb, (<130250>1 Chronicles 2:50,51) whose sons were Bethlehem, the inhabitants of the place, at least many of them, of which he was prince, (<130251>1 Chronicles 2:51) and the Netophathite; the inhabitants of Netophah, a place in the tribe of Judah, mentioned along with Bethlehem, (<160726>Nehemiah 7:26) these sprung from Salma: Ataroth, the house of Joab; Ataroth seems to be the name of a place in the tribe of Judah, where the family of Joab lived, the inhabitants of which were the descendants of Salma: and half of the Manahethites; the other half of the inhabitants of Manahath, (see <130252>1 Chronicles 2:52), the Zorites; part also of them, called Zareathites, (<130253>1 Chronicles 2:53).

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