1 Chronicles 2:42 (KJV)

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Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn which was the father of Ziph and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron

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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: 1Ch 2:9

Chelubai. 1Ch 2:18 1Ch 2:19 1Ch 2:24

his first-born. Ge 49:3 Ex 4:22 Ex 4:23 Ro 8:29 Heb 12:23

Ziph. Jos 15:24 1Sa 23:19 1Sa 26:1

the father of Hebron. 1Ch 2:23 1Ch 2:24 1Ch 2:45 1Ch 2:49 1Ch 2:52 1Ch 8:29 Ezr 2:21-35 Ne 7:25-38

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.

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