John Gill's Exposition on Ruth 4:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Amminadab begat Nahshon, etc.] The prince of the tribe of Judah, as the Targum adds; and so he was when the Israelites were come out of Egypt, and were in the wilderness at the time of the dedication of the altar, (<040712>Numbers 7:12) called Nahsson, (<400104>Matthew 1:4 <420332>Luke 3:32), and Nahshon begat Salmon; or, as in the Hebrew text, Salmah, and in (<130211>1 Chronicles 2:11), Salma; and yet in the verse following Salmon, as we read it.

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