1 Chronicles 2:10

1Ch 2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

1Ch 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

1Ch 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

Ver. 10-12. {See Trapp on "Mat 1:3"} {See Trapp on "Mat 1:4"} {See Trapp on "Mat 1:5"}

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2:10-17 The passage dedicated to the descendants of Ram provides a direct line of descent from Ram to Jesse, then records Jesse’s children.

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That is, chief of the family.

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I.—(10-17) The descent of David from Amminadab, of the house of Ram. The royal line naturally takes precedence of the other two. Rth_4:18-22 gives this line from Pharez to David. (Compare the genealogies of Christ, Matthew 1 and Luke 3) Nahshon is called chief of Judah in Num. ii 3 (comp. 1Ch_1:7; 1Ch_7:12), at the time of the Exodus.

(11) Salma.—So in Rth_4:20; but in 1Ch_2:21, Mat_1:4, and Luk_3:32, Salmon.

(13-17) The family of Jesse (Heb., Yishai in 1Ch_2:12, but ‘Ishai in 1Ch_2:13).

Seven sons are here named. 1Sa_17:12-13 states that Jesse had eight sons; and from 1Sa_16:6-10 (Heb.) it appears that he had that number. In both passages, Eliab, Abinadab, and Shimma (Heb., Shim‘â, here and at 1Ch_20:7) occur, the last under the form Shammah. He is called Shimei (2Sa_21:21); but Shimeah == Shim’ah (2Sa_13:3; 2Sa_13:32); and this appears to have been his real name.

(14, 15) Nethaneel . . . Raddai . . . Ozem.—Not named elsewhere in the Scriptures. The son of Jesse, omitted in our present Heb. text, is called Elihu in the Syriac version, which makes him seventh and David the eighth. The name Elihu occurs in 1Ch_27:18 for Eliab.

(16) Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail.—Literally, And their sisters, &c. If the reading in 2Sa_17:25 be correct, these two women were daughters of Nahash, who must therefore have been a wife of Jesse. Abigail (there called Abigal) was mother of the warrior Amasa, who became Absalom’s general (2Sa_19:13), and was afterwards assassinated by Joab (2Sa_20:10).

Abishai.—Abshai, here and elsewhere in the chronicle.

Joab, the famous commander-in-chief of David’s forces (see 1Ch_11:6-8); and for Joab and Abishai, who, like Asahel, was one of David’s heroes (1Ch_11:20; 1Ch_11:26), comp. 1Ch_18:12; 1Ch_18:15; 1Ch_19:10 seq., 1Ch_21:2 et seq., 1Ch_27:24. David’s champions were thus his immediate kin, just as Abner was to Saul.

(17) Jether the Ishmeelite.—Incorrectly called “Ithra an Israelite” in 2Sa_17:25. The later abhorrence of alien marriages seems to have been unknown in the age of David. The name of Zeruiah’s husband is unknown.

II.—The Calebite stock (1Ch_2:18-24).

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10. Ram] The descent of David from Judah is given also Rth_4:18-22 and Mat_1:3-6.

Nahshon, prince, etc.] See Num_1:4; Num_1:7; Num_2:3.

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And Caleb the son of Hezron,.... The same that is called Chelubai, Ch1 2:9 but not the same with Caleb the son of Jephunneh, made mention of in the books of Numbers, Joshua, and Judges:

he begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; who were both his wives; or it may be rather, since Azubah is so particularly called his wife, Jerioth might be a concubine: or of Azubah he begat Jerioth; so the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions; though it seems best with Hillerus (p) to interpret these names of the same person, and render the last clause, "that is, of Jerioth", of her whose name also was Jerioth, Azubah having two names; and the rather, since only the children of one are mentioned, as follows:

her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon of whom we read nowhere else; the Targum says, Azubah was so called, because she was barren and despised, which this clause contradicts.

(p) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 568.

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Ram. He is commonly called Aram. But it is to be observed here, once for all, that it was a common thing among the Hebrews for the same person to have different names: and that it is not impossible among so many proper names, as here occur in the first nine chapters of this book, that the transcribers of the ancient Hebrew copies may have made some slips in the orthography. (Challoner) --- Juda. Probably the first, appointed by Moses in the desert, Numbers i. 7., and vii. 12.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Vers. 10-15. (B) Ram (the Aram of the Septuagint and of Matthew Luk_3:33) is taken first in order, at once to push on the lineage of Judah to the great landmark DAVID, who is reached at the seventh generation from Ram (Rth_4:19-22; Mat_1:3-5; Luk_3:31-33) his name being ranked last of seven brothers only, sons of Jesse.

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And Caleb the son of Hezron,.... The same that is called Chelubai, Ch1 2:9 but not the same with Caleb the son of Jephunneh, made mention of in the books of Numbers, Joshua, and Judges:

he begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; who were both his wives; or it may be rather, since Azubah is so particularly called his wife, Jerioth might be a concubine: or of Azubah he begat Jerioth; so the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions; though it seems best with Hillerus (p) to interpret these names of the same person, and render the last clause, "that is, of Jerioth", of her whose name also was Jerioth, Azubah having two names; and the rather, since only the children of one are mentioned, as follows:

her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon of whom we read nowhere else; the Targum says, Azubah was so called, because she was barren and despised, which this clause contradicts.

(p) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 568.

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Nahshon, the prince of the children of Judah He explains this only because of David’s honor.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.