These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.
Parallel translations
- WEB These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
- KJV And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
- NKJV These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi;
- NASB These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
- NLT The descendants of Etam were Jezreel, Ishma, Idbash, their sister Hazzelelponi,
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Quick answer
The sons of the father of Etam were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and their sister was Hazzelelponi. It names families connected to the town of Etam.
Overview
Etam was a place in Judah, and the Chronicler records its associated family, including a named daughter. The inclusion of Hazzelelponi gives a woman her place in the record, as elsewhere in these genealogies. Such details show the comprehensiveness of the account and the value God places on each member of His people.
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Cross-references · 2
- 2 Chr 11:6He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- Judg 15:11In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
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