Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 2:21
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bore him Segub.
Went in, i.e. lay with her, as that phrase is commonly used, as Gen 4:1; 6:4.
The father of Gilead; of a man so called. Or if Gilead be the name of that known country, father is put for head or governor, as it is used 1Sa 24:11; 2Ki 5:13; 16:7; Isa 22:21; or for protector or curator, as father is used Job 29:16; Jer 2:27; Lam 5:3; this man being a man of noted valour, and the great champion in those parts.
Whom, he married, Heb. and he took her, to wit, to wife. Or, after he had taken her; for so the particle vau is used, as hath been formerly noted.
When he was threescore years old, Heb. and he was, to wit, when he went in unto her, or when he married her.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
21. Hezron . . . daughter of Machirthe father of Gileadthat is, chief of that town, which withthe lands adjacent was no doubt the property of Machir, who was sodesirous of a male heir. He was grandson of Joseph. The wife ofMachir was of the tribe of Manasseh (Nu26:29).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead,…. Which Machir was the son of Manasseh, and Gilead was his grandson, Nu 26:29 the Targum is,
“but he enticed a virgin, the daughter of Machir;”
which suggests, that he committed fornication with her, though he afterwards married her; her name is not mentioned; to me it seems to be Abiah, 1Ch 2:24 and whom the Targum there calls the daughter of Machir:
whom he married when he was sixty years old; the Targum is sixty six; this seems to be his last wife:
and she bare him Segub; the same name with the youngest son of Hiel, who rebuilt Jericho, 1Ki 16:34.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
see note on: 1Ch 2:3
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(21) And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir.This appears to mean, after the birth of the three sons mentioned in 1Ch. 2:9.
Machir.The firstborn of Manasseh (Gen. 1:23), to whom Moses gave the land of Gilead (Num. 32:40; Deu. 3:15). This explains the term father of Gilead. The great clan of Machir was the ruling clan in Gilead. Comp. Num. 26:28, which mentions the clan of the Machirites, and adds that Machir begat Gilead, which perhaps means to say that the Israelite settlers in Gilead were of the clan Machir.
Whom he married when he was threescore.It is possible to see here a metaphorical statement of the fact that a branch of Hezronites amalgamated with the Machirites of Gilead. The daughter of Machir would then mean the clan so named. Comp. the expressions, daughter of Zion (Isa. 37:22), daughter of Judah (Lam. 1:15), daughter of Babylon (Isa. 47:1).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(21-24) This short section, concerning other Hezronites than those of the house of Caleb, is a parenthesis relating to a Hezronite element in Manassite Gilead.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Machir. Compare Num 32:40. Deu 3:15.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ch 2:21-24
1Ch 2:21-24
“And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
E.M. Zerr:
1Ch 2:21. Went in to is one Biblical way of mentioning the intimate relation of the sexes. Whom he married. The last word is defined in the margin by “took,” and the lexicon gives the same. There were no formal marriage ceremonies in those days. A man took a woman from her family association, went in unto her, which means he became intimate with her, and that made them one flesh, the only Biblical basis of marriage.
1Ch 2:22. Had the cities means he held them or controlled them, and it means the cities that had belonged to the land of Gilead.
1Ch 2:23. From them means Jair took these towns from the communities of Gilead. Of Jair means that at the time of this writing, the towns mentioned were considered as belonging to Jair, having been taken from the people of Gilead.
1Ch 2:24. The construction of this verse is a little vague. The thing that happened was this. After Hezron was dead, Caleb had relations with Ephratah, and they had a son named Ashur.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Machir: Gen 50:23, Num 26:29, Num 27:1, Num 32:39, Num 32:40, Deu 3:15
married: Heb. took
Reciprocal: Num 32:41 – Jair Deu 3:14 – Jair Jos 13:30 – General 1Ch 7:14 – Machir
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 2:21. The father of Gilead It is doubtful whether the word Gilead is here the name of a man, or of the country so called: if it be the latter, the expression means, the prince of Gilead, as the word father often signifies: if the former, the Gilead intended must have been a person of noted valour, probably the great champion in those parts.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of {f} Gilead, whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
(f) Who was prince of mount Gilead, Num 32:40.