John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 23:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the chief, etc.] The first and only begotten, as it follows: and Eliezer had none other sons; before nor after him: but the sons of Rehabiah were very many; or greatly multiplied; not, as the Targum says, above 600,000; the number of Israel, as the Jewish writers f103 fancy; which they gather from (<020107>Exodus 1:7 32:10 <041121>Numbers 11:21), and that though Moses deprecated the multiplication of his seed, God fulfilled it.

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