Caleb-Ephratah
Caleb-Ephratah
a name occurring only in the present text of 1Ch 2:24, as that of a place where Hezron died ( , be-Kaleb’ Ephra’thah, in Caleb to Ephrath). But no such place is elsewhere referred to, and the composition of the name is a most ungrammatical one. Again, neither Hezron or his son could well have given any name to a place in Egypt, the land of their bondage, nor did Hezron probably die, or his son live, elsewhere than in Egypt. The present text therefore seems to be corrupt, and the reading which the Sept. and Vulg. suggest ( , ingressus est Caleb ad Ephratha) is probably the true one, , meaning either Caleb came to Ephrath, i.e. Bethlehem Ephratah), or, still better, Caleb came in unto Ephrah. The whole information given seems to be that Hezron had two wives, the first, whose name is not given, the mother of Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb or Chelubai; the second, Abiah, the daughter of Machir, whom he married when sixty years old, and who bare him Segub and Ashur. Also that Caleb had two wives, Azubah, the first, apparently the same as Jerioth, and Ephrah, the second, the mother of Hur; and that this second marriage of Caleb did not take place till after Hezron’s death. SEE NEGEB-CALEB.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Caleb Ephratah
A place where Hezron died. But no such place is named elsewhere; and Hezron died in Egypt, and could hardly have named a place there, nor his son either, both being in bondage there (1Ch 2:24). Therefore, the reading in Jerome’s Hebrew Bible and in the Septuagint is probably correct, “Caleb came in unto Ephrath” (compare 1Ch 2:19; 1Ch 2:50). Hezron had two wives, the mother of Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb or Chelubai; and Abiah, Machir’s daughter, whom he married when 60 years old, and who bore him Segub, and posthumously (according to KJV) Ashur.
Caleb had two wives, Azubah mother of Jerioth (according to Jerome’s reading), and Ephrath mother of Hur, this second marriage of Caleb not taking place until after Hezron’s death. Others suppose Caleb Ephratah named jointly from husband and wife, and identify it with Bethlehem Ephratah. In KJV reading, Hezron must be supposed to have died in the place afterward called Caleb Ephratah.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Caleb-Ephratah
A place near Bethlehem.
1Ch 2:24