1 Chronicles 4:5

And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Ashur	וּלְאַשְׁחוּר֙ u.le.'ash.Chur	H806	Ashchur · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a man's name
father	אֲבִ֣י 'a.Vi	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct
Tekoa	תְק֔וֹעַ te.Ko.a'	H8620	Tekoa · proper noun, a place name
two	שְׁתֵּ֣י she.Tei	H8147	two · noun, common feminine dual construct
wives	נָשִׁ֑ים na.Shim	H802	a woman · noun, common masculine plural absolute
Helah	חֶלְאָ֖ה chel.'Ah	H2458	Chelah · proper noun, a woman's name
Naarah	וְנַעֲרָֽה ve.na.'a.Rah	H5292	Naarah · conjunction + proper noun, a woman's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 4:1-10

One reason, no doubt, why Ezra is here most particular in the register of the tribe of Judah is because it was that tribe which, with its appendages, Simeon, Benjamin, and Levi, made up the kingdom of Judah, which not only long survived the other tribes in Canaan, but in process of time, now when this was written, returned out of captivity, when the generality of the other tribes were lost in the kingdom of Assyria. The most remarkable person in this paragraph is Jabez. It is not said whose son he was, nor does it appear in what age he lived; but, it should seem, he was the founder of one of the families of Aharhel, mentioned Ch1 4:8. Here is, I. The reason of his name: his mother gave him t…

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Adam Clarke on 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.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 4:5

And Ashur the father of Tekoa,.... A son of Hezron by Abiah, 1 Chronicles 2:24. had two wives, Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 4:5

And Ashur the father of Tekoa,.... A son of Hezron by Abiah, Ch1 2:24. had two wives, Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 4:1-7

The genealogy of Judah continues, with links back to 2:1-55. The connection to Hur, the ancestor of Bethlehem, is provided immediately (4:1-4; see 2:19-20, 51-55).

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 4:5

And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives This refers back [to 2:24]: “... and the wife of Hezron was Abijah, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa,” for he did not trace his lineage until now.

Dictionary and topics

Ashur — (black), the posthumous son of Hezron by his wife Abiah. (1 Chronicles 2:24; 4:5) He became “father” or founder of the town of Tekoa. (B.C. 1658.)
Helah — Rust, (1 Chr. 4:5, 7), one of the wives of Ashur.
Naarah — A girl, the second of Ashur’s two wives, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:5, 6).
Tekoa, Or Tekoah — (a stockade).
Ashur · General references — General references
Helah · A wife of Asher — A wife of Asher
Naarah · A wife of Ashur — A wife of Ashur
Polygamy · Ashur — Ashur
Tekoa · 1. — 1.

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).