John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 4:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And these were of the father of Etam, etc.] Or of the prince of Etam: or, as the Targum, these are princes that dwelt in Etam, a place not far from Zorah, (<071508>Judges 15:8) and is mentioned with Bethlehem and Tekoa in the tribe of Judah, (<141106>2 Chronicles 11:6), namely, which follow: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; these were the sons of the governor of Etam: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; who, perhaps, was a person of great note in those days, though now unknown; indeed, a Jewish chronologer f21 tells us, that the mother of Samson was Hazalelponith, of the tribe of Judah.

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