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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 4:3

Hur was the oldest son of his father Caleb's wife Ephrath, and his descendants founded the city of Bethlehem. Hur had three sons: Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam had three sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and one daughter, Hazzelelponi. Penuel founded the city of Gedor, and Ezer founded Hushah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Etam;   Hazelelponi;   Idbash;   Ishma;   Jezreel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Etam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hazelelponi;   Ishma;   Jezreel (2);   Rephaiah;   Uzziel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Etam;   Hazelelponi;   Idbash;   Ishma;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asaiah;   Chronicles, I;   Etam;   Hazzelelponi;   Hur;   Idbash;   Ishma;   Jezreel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Etam ;   Hazelelponi ;   Idbash ;   Ishma ;   Jezreel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jezreel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hazelelpo'ni;   Id'bash;   Ish'ma;   Jez're-El;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Etam;   Hazzelelponi;   Idbash;   Ishma;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Etam;   Jezreel;   Samson;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These were Etam’s sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and their sister was named Hazzelelponi.
Hebrew Names Version
These were [the sons of] the father of `Etam: Yizre`el, and Yishma, and Yidbash; and the name of their sister was Hatztzelel-Poni;
King James Version
And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
English Standard Version
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,
New Century Version
Hur was the oldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrathah. Hur was the leader of Bethlehem. His three sons were Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam's sons were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. They had a sister named Hazzelelponi. Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.
New English Translation
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.
Amplified Bible
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
New American Standard Bible
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
World English Bible
These were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And these were of the father of Etam, Izreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
Legacy Standard Bible
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
Berean Standard Bible
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.
Contemporary English Version
Hur was the oldest son of Caleb and Ephrath. Some of his descendants settled the town of Bethlehem. Hur's other descendants included Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam's sons were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and his daughter was Hazzelelponi. Penuel settled the town of Gedor, and Ezer settled the town of Hushah.
Complete Jewish Bible
These are [the sons] of the father of ‘Eitam: Yizre‘el, Yishma and Yidbash; their sister's name was Hatzlelponi.
Darby Translation
And these [were of] the father of Etam: Jizreel, and Jishma, and Jidbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;
Easy-to-Read Version
Etam's sons were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And they had a sister named Hazzelelponi.
George Lamsa Translation
And these are the sons of Aminadab: Ahizareel, Neshmah, and Dibash.
Lexham English Bible
And these were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,
Literal Translation
And these were of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and their sister's name was Hazelelponi;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Elle ye father of Etha, Iesreel, Iesma, Iedbas and their sister was called Hazelelponi:
American Standard Version
And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
Bible in Basic English
And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these were of the father of Etam: Iezrahel, Isma, and Idbas: and the name of their sister was Hazlelphuni.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;
King James Version (1611)
And these were of the father of Etam: Iezreel & Ishma, & Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the sons of Ætam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister’s name was Eselebbon.
English Revised Version
And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this is the generacioun of Ethan; Jesrael, Jezema, and Jedebos; and the name of the sistir of hem was Asaelphumy.
Update Bible Version
And these were the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
Webster's Bible Translation
And these [were of] the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi:
New King James Version
These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi;
New Living Translation
The descendants of Etam were Jezreel, Ishma, Idbash, their sister Hazzelelponi,
New Life Bible
The sons of Etam were Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
New Revised Standard
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these, were the sons of Etam, Jezreel and Ishma, and Idbash, - and, the name of their sister, was Hazzelelponi;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, And Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.
Revised Standard Version
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelpo'ni,
Young's Literal Translation
And these [are] of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister [is] Hazzelelponi,
THE MESSAGE
Sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi. Penuel had Gedor and Ezer had Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, firstborn son of Ephrathah, who was the father of Bethlehem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

Contextual Overview

1 These are some of the descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2 Shobal was the father of Reaiah, who was the father of Jahath, the father of Ahumai and Lahad, the ancestors of the people who lived in Zorah. 3Hur was the oldest son of his father Caleb's wife Ephrath, and his descendants founded the city of Bethlehem. Hur had three sons: Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam had three sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and one daughter, Hazzelelponi. Penuel founded the city of Gedor, and Ezer founded Hushah. 5 Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 He and Naarah had four sons: Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. 7 Ashhur and Helah had three sons: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. 8 Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel son of Harum. 9 There was a man named Jabez, who was the most respected member of his family. His mother had given him the name Jabez, because his birth had been very painful. 10 But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, "Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain." And God gave him what he prayed for.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Etam: Judges 15:11, 2 Chronicles 11:6

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
Then Adam had intercourse with his wife, and she became pregnant. She bore a son and said, "By the Lord 's help I have gotten a son." So she named him Cain.
Genesis 4:11
You are placed under a curse and can no longer farm the soil. It has soaked up your brother's blood as if it had opened its mouth to receive it when you killed him.
Numbers 18:12
"I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.
1 Kings 17:7
After a while the brook dried up because of the lack of rain.
Nehemiah 13:6
While this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the thirty-second year that Artaxerxes was king of Babylon I had gone back to report to him. After some time I received his permission

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these were of the father of Etam,.... Or of the prince of Etam: or, as the Targum, these are princes that dwelt in Etam, a place not far from Zorah, Judges 15:8 and is mentioned with Bethlehem and Tekoa in the tribe of Judah, 2 Chronicles 11:6, namely, which follow:

Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; these were the sons of the governor of Etam:

and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; who, perhaps, was a person of great note in those days, though now unknown; indeed, a Jewish chronologer w tells us, that the mother of Samson was Hazalelponith, of the tribe of Judah.

w Juchasin, fol. 10. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Read, “These are the sons of the father (i. e. chief) of Etam” 2 Chronicles 11:6, a city of Judah, not far from Bethlehem.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 4:3. These were of the father of Etam — "And these are the rabbins (doctors) living at Etam, Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash." - T.


 
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