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1 Chronicles 4:15

And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caleb;   Elah;   Iru;   Naam;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Caleb;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Elah;   Kenaz;   Naam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Elah;   Kenaz;   Naam;   Uknaz;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elah;   Iru;   Kenaz;   Naam;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Elah;   Iru;   Kenizzites;   Naam;   Uknaz;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elah ;   Iru ;   Kenaz ;   Naam ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Naam;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'lah;   I'ru;   Jephun'neh;   Ke'naz;   Na'am;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caleb;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Elah (1);   Iru;   Jephunneh;   Kenaz;   Naam;   Uknaz;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kenaz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Kalev the son of Yefunneh: Iru, Elah, and Na`am; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
King James Version
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
English Standard Version
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.
New Century Version
Caleb was Jephunneh's son. Caleb's sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz.
New English Translation
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Caleb [Joshua's companion] the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah was Kenaz.
World English Bible
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sonne of Elah was Kenaz.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah was Kenaz.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
Contemporary English Version
Caleb son of Jephunneh had three sons: Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah was the father of Kenaz.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Kalev the son of Y'funeh: ‘Iru, Elah and Na‘am. The son of Elah: K'naz.
Darby Translation
—And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah, … and Kenaz.
Easy-to-Read Version
Caleb was Jephunneh's son. Caleb's sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz.
George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Ezra were Jether, and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and she bore Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtomoa.
Good News Translation
Caleb son of Jephunneh had three sons: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And Elah was the father of Kenaz.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And Elah's son was Kenaz.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Caleb the sonne of Iephune were: Iru, Ela & Naam. The children of Ela were: Kenas.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephune were, Iru, Ela, and Naam: And the the sonne of Ela was Kenas.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam, and the sonnes of Elah, euen Kenaz.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the sones of Caleph, sone of Jephone, weren Hyn, and Helam, and Nahemi. And the sones of Helam weren Cenez.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
New King James Version
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz.
New Living Translation
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz.
New Life Bible
Jephunneh's son Caleb was the father of Iru, Elah and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh, were Iru, Elah, and Naam, - -and the sons of Elah and Kenaz.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephun'neh: Iru, Elah, and Na'am; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
THE MESSAGE
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah and Naam; and the son of Elah was Kenaz.

Contextual Overview

11 And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. 13 And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath. 14 And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen. 15 And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel. 17 And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. 19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ••• Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Caleb: Numbers 13:6, Numbers 13:30, Numbers 14:6-10, Numbers 14:24, Numbers 14:30, Joshua 14:6-14, Joshua 15:13-20, Judges 1:12-14

Kenaz: or, Uknaz

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:56 - Caleb

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.
Leviticus 26:18
And if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins.
Leviticus 26:24
Then I will go against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for all your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
Then my wrath will be burning against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.
Psalms 59:11
Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.
Psalms 79:12
And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.
Proverbs 6:31
But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh,.... Jephunneh is not the same with Hezron, as the Targum, but another son of Kenaz, hence called the Kenezite, Joshua 14:6 and brother of Othniel; and Caleb his son is the same that was sent one of the spies of the land of Canaan by Moses, see Numbers 13:6

his sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam; of whom we nowhere else read:

and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz; another Kenaz, or rather it should be read Uknaz; so Jarchi and Kimchi.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 4:15. Caleb the son of Jephunneh — We have already met with this eminent person in Numbers 13:6; Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:24, and elsewhere; and seen his courageous piety and inflexible integrity. The Targum says here, "They called him Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, because he had purged his soul from the counsel of the spies."


 
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