Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Chronicles 2:42

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Caleb: This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, and therefore called the brother of Jerahmeel. See the parallel texts. Ch1 2:9, Chelubai, Ch1 2:18, Ch1 2:19, Ch1 2:24 his firstborn: Gen 49:3; Exo 4:22, Exo 4:23; Rom 8:29; Heb 12:23 the father: i.e. the founder, Or, as the Targum renders, "the prince of the Ziphites;" for it was usual to call both the founder and the prince of a city its father. Ziph: Jos 15:24; Sa1 23:19, Sa1 26:1 the father of Hebron: Ch1 2:23, Ch1 2:24, Ch1 2:45, Ch1 2:49, Ch1 2:52, Ch1 8:29; Ezr 2:21-35; Neh 7:25-38 1 Chronicles 2:44

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