Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 2:54
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
54. Ataroth, the house of Joab ] R.V. Atroth-beth-Joab.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Ataroth, the house of Joab – Rather, Ataroth-beth-Joab, probably so called, to distinguish it from Ataroth-Adar, a city of Benjamin Jos 18:13. It is uncertain from what Joab it derived its distinctive appellation.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 54. The sons of Salma] “The righteous Bethlehemites, who had a good name, as the Netophathites, who removed the guards which Jeroboam had placed in the way lest the people should carry the first-fruits to Jerusalem: for the sons of Salma carried baskets full of first-fruits privately to Jerusalem; and having cloven wood, they made ladders, and brought them to Jerusalem to be laid up in Beth-mokad for oblations. These came from the lineage of Joab the son of Zeruiah; and some of them were priests; and they divided the residue of the sacrifices with the sons of the prophets who were in Zorah.” – T.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The sons of Salma; of that Salma mentioned 1Ch 2:51.
Beth-lehem, i.e. the inhabitants of Beth-lehem.
Ataroth; the name of a person or people.
The house of Joab; the progenitors of Joabs family.
Half of the Manahethites; the other half being mentioned 1Ch 2:52.
Zorites, for, to wit, the Zorites.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
The sons of Salma,…. Another son of the younger Caleb, 1Ch 2:50 whose sons were Bethlehem, the inhabitants of the place, at least many of them, of which he was prince, 1Ch 2:51 and the Netophathite; the inhabitants of Netophah, a place in the tribe of Judah, mentioned along with Bethlehem, Ne 7:26 these sprung from Salma:
Ataroth, the house of Joab; Ataroth seems to be the name of a place in the tribe of Judah, where the family of Joab lived, the inhabitants of which were the descendants of Salma:
and half of the Manahethites; the other half of the inhabitants of Manahath, see 1Ch 2:52,
the Zorites; part also of them, called Zareathites, 1Ch 2:53.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, i.e., the family of Bethlehem (see on 1Ch 2:52), the Netophathites, i.e., the inhabitants of the town of Netophah, which, according to our verse and Ezr 2:22, and especially Neh 7:26, is to be looked for in the neighbourhood of Bethlehem (cf. 1Ch 9:16); a family which produced at various times renowned men (cf. 2Sa 23:28.; 2Ki 25:23; Ezr 2:22). The following words, , i.e., “crowns of the house of Joab,” can only be the name of a place which is mentioned instead of its inhabitants; for occurs elsewhere, sometimes alone, and sometimes in conjunction with a proper name, as the name of places: cf. Num 32:34.; Jos 16:2, Jos 16:5, Jos 16:7; Jos 18:13. Hazi-Hammanahath is certainly to be sought in the neighbourhood of Manahath, 1Ch 8:6, whose position has, however, not yet been ascertained. is only another form of , and is derived from the masculine of the word. The Zorites here spoken of formed a second division of the inhabitants of Zoreah and the neighbourhood, along with the Zoreathites descended from Shobal, 1Ch 2:53.
1Ch 2:55 “And the families of the writers (scribes) who inhabited Jabez.” The position of the town Jabez, which is mentioned only here, and which derived its name from a descendant of Judah, has not yet been discovered, but is to be sought somewhere in the neighbourhood of Zoreah. This may be inferred from the fact that of the six , two are always more closely connected with each other by cop.: (1) Bethlehem and Netophathite, (2) Ataroth-beth-Joab and Hazi-Hammanahath, (3) the Zoreites and the families of the Sopherim inhabiting Jabez. These last were divided into three branches, , , , i.e., those descended from Tira, Shimea, and Suchah. The Vulgate has taken these words in an appellative sense of the occupations of these three classes, and translates canentes et resonantes et in tabernaculis commemorantes . But this interpretation is not made even probable by all that Bertheau has brought forward in support of it. Even if might perhaps be connected with , and interpreted “dwellers in tabernacles,” yet no tenable reason can be found for translating and by canentes et resonantes . , from , “that which is heard,” cannot signify those who repeat in words and song that which has been heard; and no more means canentes than it is connected (as Bertheau tries to show) with htiw , “doorkeepers” (the Chaldee being equivalent to the Hebrew ); and the addition, “These are the Kenites who came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab” ( , to issue from any one, to be descended from any one), gives no proof of this, for the phrase itself is to us so very obscure. are not inhabitants of the city Kain (Jos 15:57) in the tribal domain of Judah (Kimchi), but, judging from the succeeding relative sentence, were descendants of Keni the father-in-law of Moses (Jdg 1:16), who had come with Israel to Canaan, and dwelt there among the Israelites (Jdg 4:11, Jdg 4:17; Jdg 5:24; 1Sa 15:6; 1Sa 27:10; 1Sa 30:29); and Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab, i.e., of the Rechabites (Jer 35:6), is probably the grandfather of Jonadab the son of Rechab, with whom Jehu entered into alliance (2Ki 10:15, 2Ki 10:23). But how can the families of Sopherim inhabiting Jabez, which are here enumerated, be called descendants of Salma, who is descended from Hur the son of Caleb, a man of Judah, if they were Kenites, who issued from or were descendant of the grandfather of the family of the Rechabites? From lack of information, this question cannot be answered with certainty. In general, however, we may explain the incorporation of the Kenites in the Judaean family of the Calebite Salma, on the supposition that one of these Kenites of the family of Hobab, the brother-in-law of Moses, married an heiress of the race of Caleb. On this account the children and descendants sprung of this marriage would be incorporated in the family of Caleb, although they were on their father’s side Kenites, and where they followed the manner of life of their fathers, might continue to be regarded as such, and to bear the name.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
1Ch 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
Ver. 54. The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, ] i.e., The Bethlehemites.
Ataroth, the house of Joab.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Ataroth
Or, Atarites, or, crowns of the house of Joab.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Bethlehem: 1Ch 2:51
Netophathites: 1Ch 11:30, 2Sa 23:29, Ezr 2:22, Neh 7:26, Neh 12:28
Ataroth: or, Atarites, or crowns of the house of Joab, Jos 16:2
Reciprocal: 1Ch 4:2 – Zorathites 1Ch 8:6 – Manahath 1Ch 9:16 – Netophathites Jer 40:8 – Netophathite Mic 5:2 – Ephratah
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 2:54. The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem That is, the inhabitants of Beth-lehem: and so of Ataroth, and the house of Joab, or, as it should rather be rendered, Beth-joab, for the writer is not speaking of a family, but of a place. The people of those towns, and the Manahethites, and the Zorites, were all the descendants of this Salma, the son of Caleb. So that, it appears, he had a very numerous posterity.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the {n} house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
(n) The chief and principle of the house of Joab.