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Douay-Rheims Bible

1 Chronicles 4:3

And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, And Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.

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.
Good News Translation
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.
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;
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 The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi and Hur, and Sobal. 2 And Raia the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi. 3 And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, And Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni. 4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem. 5 And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara: 6 And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahasthari: these are the sons of Naara. 7 And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan. 8 And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, and the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum. 9 And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow. 10 And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.
Genesis 4:11
Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.
Numbers 18:12
All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and of the corn, whatsoever firstfruits they offer to the Lord, I have given them to thee.
1 Kings 17:7
But after some time the torrent was dried up: for it had not rained upon the earth.
Nehemiah 13:6
But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king:

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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