1 Chronicles 4:18

Contextual Overview

¹¹Chelub brother of Shuhah fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹¹ Kelub the brother of Shuchah became the father of Mechir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹¹ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. ¹¹ Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. ¹¹ Kelub, Shuhah's brother, was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. ¹¹ Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹¹Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, the father of Eshton. ¹¹ Chelub the brother of Shuhah fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹¹ Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹¹ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begate Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jehudijah: i.e. Jewess, [Strong's H3057], 1 Chronicles 4:19

Jered: 1 Chronicles 1:2

the father of: 1 Chronicles 4:4, 1 Chronicles 4:39, 1 Chronicles 2:42, Joshua 15:58

Gedor: Gedor was a city in the tribe of Judah; and probably the same which Eusebius calls והןץע, and Jerome Gedrus, ten miles from Diospolis, or Lydda, towards Eleutheropolis.

Heber: Genesis 46:17

Socho: i.e. inclosure; his branch, [Strong's H7755]. 1 Chronicles 4:18, 2 Chronicles 11:7, Shocho, 1 Chronicles 28:18, Also, Joshua 15:35, Joshua 15:48, 1 Samuel 17:1, 1 Kings 4:10

Socho 1. A city of Judah Joshua 15:35, 1 Samuel 17:1, 1 Kings 4:10, 2 Chronicles 11:7, 2. Another city of Judah Joshua 15:48 Jekuthiel: i.e. the fear or veneration or preservation of God; God is almightiness, [Strong's H3354], Joshua 15:34

Bithiah: i.e. worshiper of Jah; daughter of Jah, [Strong's H1332]. daughter of Pharaoh. 1 Kings 3:1, 1 Kings 3:6, 1 Kings 7:8, 1 Kings 9:16, 1 Kings 9:24, 2 Chronicles 8:11

Mered: 1 Chronicles 4:17

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:7 - Gedor Nehemiah 3:13 - Zanoah

Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
Hanokh lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Metushelach.

Genesis 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Methuselah.

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch was 65 years old, he had a son named Methuselah.

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

Genesis 5:21
Now Enoch lived sixty-five years, and fathered Methuselah.

Genesis 5:21
Also Henoch liued sixtie & fiue yeeres, and begate Methushelah.

Genesis 5:21
And Enoch lived 65 years and became the father of Methuselah.

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch was sixty-five, he had a son named Methuselah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his wife Jehudijah,.... Another wife of Ezra; or, according to Kimchi, of Mered; a Jewess, as the word is by some rendered, to distinguish her from another wife, an Egyptian, in the latter part of the verse:

bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah; who were princes, as Jarchi seems rightly to observe; of several cities of these names in the tribe of Judah, as of Gedor, see Joshua 15:58, of Socoh, Joshua 15:35, of Zanoah, Joshua 15:34, the Targum interprets the names of all these men of Moses, whom Pharaoh's daughter brought up; and so other Jewish writers a, into which mistake they were led by what follows:

and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took; that is, to wife; this Mered was one of the sons of Ezra, 1 Chronicles 4:17 the Targum, and other Jewish writers b, say this was Caleb, called Mered, because he rebelled against the counsel of the spies; but this contradicts their other notion of Jehudijah, or Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter, whom he married, the one who brought up Moses, since Moses was elder than Caleb; but Bithiah, whom Mered married, was not a daughter of Pharaoh king of Egypt, but of an Israelite of this name; her sons are supposed to be those in the latter part of 1 Chronicles 4:17.

a T. Bab. Megillah, fol. 13. 1. Vajikra Rabba, sect. 1. fol. 146. 3. b T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 19. 2. & Megillah, fol. 13. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His wife - i. e. Mered’s. Mered, it would seem, had two wives, Bithiah, an Egyptian woman, and a Jewish wife (see the margin), whose name is not given. If Mered was a chief of rank, Bithlah may have been married to him with the consent of her father, for the Egyptian kings often gave their daughters in marriage to foreigners. Or she may have elected to forsake her countrymen and cleave to a Jewish husband, becoming a convert to his religion. Her name, Bithiah, “daughter of Yahweh,” is like that of a convert.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 4:18. And his wife Jehudijah — The Targum considers the names in this verse as epithets of Moses: "And his wife Jehuditha educated Moses after she had drawn him out of the water: and she called his name Jered, because he caused the manna to descend upon Israel; and Prince Gedor, because he restored the desolations of Israel; Heber also, because he joined Israel to their heavenly Father; and Prince Socho, because he overshadowed Israel with his righteousness, and Jekuthiel, because the Israelites waited on the God of heaven in his time, forty years in the desert; and prince Zanoah, because God, on his account, had passed by the sins of Israel. These names Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, called him by the spirit of prophecy, for she became a proselyte; and Mered took her to himself to wife: he is Caleb, and was so called because he opposed the counsel of the spies." - T. A similar explanation is given by Jarchi.