1 Chronicles 4:19

19 The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite and [the father of] Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

1 Chronicles 4:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:19

And the sons of his wife Hodiah
Another wife of Mered. Hillerus ^F3 takes her to be the same with Jehudijah, ( 1 Chronicles 4:18 ) , though some ^F4 take Hodiah to be the name of a man, and read the words, "and the sons of the wife of Hodiah"; which wife of Hodiah was

the sister of Naham;
or rather Achotnaham, we render the sister of Naham, is the name of the first son of Hodiah, as some think ^F5:

the father of Keilah the Garmite;
prince of the city of Keilah, in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:44 ) who sprung from the family of Garmi:

and Eshtemoa the Maachathite;
the father or prince of the inhabitants of Eshtemoa, another city in the same tribe, see ( 1 Chronicles 4:17 ) who sprung from Maachah, see ( 1 Chronicles 2:48 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 836.
F4 Michaelis in loc.
F5 Beckii Not. in Targ. 1 Chron. iv. 19.

1 Chronicles 4:19 In-Context

17 Ezrah's sons: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

18 These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah; Mered had married her. His Judean wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

19 The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite and [the father of] Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

20 Shimon's sons: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. Ishi's sons: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the families of the guild of linen workers at Beth-ashbea,