A.M. 2283, etc. B.C. 1721, etc. Pharez. 2:5; Ge 38:29; 46:12; Nu 26:20,21; Ru 4:18; Mt 1:3; Lu 3:33;
Phares, Esrom. Carmi. 2:9;
Chelubai. 2:18;
Reaiah. 2:52;
Haroeh. Zorathites. 2:53,54; Jos 15:33; Jud 13:25;
Hur. 2:19,50; 2:24; ver. 6; ver. 7; Probably Jabez should be mentioned here; as otherwise he is as a consequent without an antecedent. ver. 8;
more. Ge 34:19; Isa 43:4; Ac 17:11;
Jabez. i.e., Sorrowful. I bare him. 7:23; Ge 3:16; 35:18; 1Sa 4:21;
called. 16:8; Ge 12:8; Job 12:4; Ps 55:16; 99:6; 116:2-4; Jer 33:3; Ro 10:12-14; 1Co 1:2;
the God. Ge 32:28; 33:20; 1Sa 1:17; Isa 41:17;
Oh that, etc. Heb. If thou wilt, etc. Lu 19:42;
bless me. Ge 12:2; 32:26; Ps 72:17; Ac 3:26; Eph 1:3;
enlarge. Jos 17:14-18; Jud 1:27-36; Pr 10:22;
thine hand. Ps 119:173; Isa 41:10; Joh 10:28;
that thou. Ge 48:16; Pr 30:8; Mt 6:13; Ro 12:9; 16:19; 2Ti 4:18;
keep me. Heb. do me. that it may. Ps 32:3,4; 51:8,12; Mt 26:75; Joh 21:17; 2Co 2:1-7; Eph 4:30; Re 3:19;
God granted. 1Ki 3:7-13; Job 22:27,28; Ps 21:4; 65:2; 66:19,20; 116:1,2; Mt 7:7-11; Eph 3:20; ver. 11;
Irnahash. or, the city of Nahash. ver. 12;
Kenaz. Jos 15:17; Jud 1:13; 3:9-11;
Hathath. or, Hathath and Meonathai, who begat, etc.
valley. or, inhabitants of the valley. Charashim. that is, craftsmen. 2Ki 24:14; Ne 11:35;
Caleb. Nu 13:6,30; 14:6-10,24,30; Jos 14:6-14; 15:13-20; Jud 1:12-14;
Kenaz. or, Uknaz. ver. 16;
Ezra. Ezra seems to be the person before called Asareel in ver. 16.
and she bare Miriam. It is probable that the latter part of ver. 18; should be transposed before this passage, which Michaelis thinks is its right place; for otherwise we have the pronoun she without an antecedent, and children born without their father's being mentioned.
Eshtemoa. ver. 19; 6:57; Jos 15:50;
Jehudijah. or, the Jewess. the father <
Gedor. Gedor was a city in the tribe of Judah; and probably the same which Eusebius calls [Kedous,] and Jerome Gedrus, ten miles from Diospolis, or Lydda, towards Eleutheropolis.
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Hodiah. or, Jehudijah. mentioned before. ver. 18;
Keilah. Jos 15:44; 1Sa 23:1-13;
Shimon. Shimon is supposed to have been another son of Mered, by Jehudijah. As this latter name signifies a Jewess, it rather favours the opinion that Bithiah was not a Jewess, but an Egyptian. # 20|
Shelah. 2:3; 9:5; Ge 38:5; 46:12; Nu 26:20; Ne 11:5;
Shiloni. ver. 22; ver. 14; Ps 81:6;
The sons of Simeon. This genealogy differs in many particulars from those in the parallel places; probably being occasioned by the same person's having several names.
Jemuel. Jarib. Nu 26:12-14;
Jachin. Zerah. Ge 46:10;
like to. Heb. unto. Nu 2:4,13; 26:14,22;
Beer-sheba. Beer-sheba was situated twenty miles south of Hebron, according to Eusebius and Jerome, in whose time it was occupied by a Roman garrison. Jos 15:28,29; 19:2,3,9;
Moladah. Probably the same as Malatha, so often mentioned by Eusebius; from whom it appears it was situated about twenty miles from Hebron.
Bilhah. Jos 19:3;
Balah-Azem. Tolad. Jos 19:4;
Bethuel. Jos 19:4;
Bethul. Ziklag. 12:1; Jos 15:31; 19:5; 1Sa 27:6; 30:1; Ne 11:28;
Hazar-susah, Beth-lebaoth, Sharuhen.
Etam. Ether, or Etham, was situated near Malatha, according to Eusebius. Jos 19:7;
Ether, Remmon. Ashan. Eusebius say Beth-ashan was sixteen miles west of Jerusalem.
Baal. Jos 19:8;
Baalath-beer. their genealogy. or, as they divided themselves by nations among them. ver. 34; ver. 35; ver. 36; ver. 37;
mentioned by their names. Heb. coming by names. 5:24; Ge 6:4;
they went. This expedition of the Simeonites took place in the days of Hezekiah, and, as Calmet conjectures, near the time of the captivity of the ten tribes; when the remnant of Simeon would feel themselves obliged to retire more southward into Arabia Petr�a, for fear of the Jews, and to seek pasture for their flocks.
Geder. Jos 15:58;
the land. Jud 18:7-10;
Ham. These were probably either Philistines or Egyptians, who dwelt at Gedor. Ge 9:22-29; 10:6; Ps 78:51; 105:23;
these written. ver. 33-38;
Hezekiah. 2Ki 18:8-12; Isa 14:28-32;
the habitations. Or, the Meunnim, or Maonites. Jud 10:12; Jer 49:20; Ac 17:26;
pasture. Nu 32:1-4;
mount Seir. Ge 36:8,9; De 1:2;
the rest. That is, those who escaped in the war which Saul, and afterwards David, made against them. Ex 17:14-16; De 25:17-19; 1Sa 15:7,8; 30:17; 2Sa 8:12;
unto this day. De 34:6; Jud 1:26; 2Ch 5:9; Jer 44:6; Mt 27:8; 28:15;