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1 Chronicles 1:44

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Chronicles 1:44 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah, from Bozrah, reigned in his place.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Then Bela died, and Iobab the sonne of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And Bale died, and Jobab the son of Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrali;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Bela dies, and Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrali reigns in his stead;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah, from Bozrah, reigned in his place.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And Bela died; and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And when Bela was dead Jobab the son of Zera of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah took over as king.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    At his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מִבָּצְרָֽה Bozrah H1224 — appearing just 8 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִבָּצְרָֽה Bozrah H1224 occurs in 8 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 5 nouns
  • 1 preposition

Verb forms

  • וַיָּ֖מָת Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 14 words from the Hebrew and 15 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

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Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 1:44 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Isaiah 34:6 The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
  • Isaiah 63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
  • Jeremiah 49:13 For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities of it shall be perpetual wastes.
  • Amos 1:12 But I will send a fire on Teman, And it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."
  • Micah 2:12 I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, As a flock in the midst of their pasture; They will swarm with people.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 1 Chronicles 1:44 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיָּ֖מָת בָּ֑לַע וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו יוֹבָ֥ב בֶּן זֶ֖רַח מִבָּצְרָֽה

Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Chronicles 1:44 Septuagint · lemma form
And Balac died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosorrha reigned in his stead.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, The Pulpit Commentary discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

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Commentary

Notes on 1 Chronicles 1:44 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

1Ch 1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

Ver. 44. Jobab the son of Zerah reigned.] This Jobab was Job the patient, say some, who, while he was prosperous, was called Jobab; but when in distress, contracted into Job. See the like change, Gen 17:5 Rth 1:20.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Biblical Illustrator

Joseph S. Exell

1Ch_1:44

Johab the son of of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

Successors

Never let it be supposed that Providence is limited to any one man in the matter of kingship and dominion. Men who are reigning should lay to heart the reflection that their reign is to come to an end. Every man is bound to consider his successor; it is not enough to vacate office; every man should leave behind him a character worthy of imitation, an example that will stimulate in all highest directions. Let every man prepare himself to succeed the king--in the family, in the state, in the social circle: we should always be preparing ourselves for some higher office, and the best way of so preparing is to fill with faithfulness the office which we have at present assigned to us. There is only one King who shall have no successor, and that Kings name is Jesus Christ. (J. Parker, D. D.)

The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Which was the principal city of the Edomites.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 44. Bela was dead] "Being killed by Phineas, in the wilderness." - T.

Jobab the son of Zerah] Supposed by some to be the same as Job, whose book forms a part of the canon of Scripture. But in their names there is no similarity; Job being written איוב aiyob; Jobab, יובב yobab. See the notes on Job, and the parallel place in Genesis.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(44, 45) Bozrah.—“Portress” (the Byrsa of Carthage); was one of the capitals of Edom, perhaps identical with Mibzar (fortress, 1Ch_1:53). Eusebius mentions Mabsara as a large town in Gebalene. It is now represented by the ruins of Al-Bussireh in Jebal. See Amo_1:12, “I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah;” and Isa_34:6.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

It is not impossible that this Jobab is one with Job. The allusions in Gen_36:11 to "Eliphaz the Temanite" have directed attention to this; and it has been favoured by the Septuagint and the Fathers.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 8 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Botsrâh (“Bozrah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “Bozrah” (Botsrâh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. Genesis 36:33 shares the word «Bozrah» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  4. The verb «וַיָּ֖מָת» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  5. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Biblical Illustrator read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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