And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
And the sons of Nadab,.... The eldest son of Shammai, Ch1 2:28, Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children; and therefore we hear no more of him.
Caleb here is plainly a shortened form, so all exegetes recognize it. The first half of verse eighteen is obscure and likely corrupt in the text. We must read it as 'Caleb begat with Azubah' and separately 'with Jerioth', one was his wife, the other a secondary partner, and only one wife's sons are listed before her death in verse nineteen.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:18-24
The text about Caleb appears tangled in our version: he is called father of Hur in one place and son of Hur in another. The latter passage has been copied wrong and should read 'Hur the son of Caleb.' Azubah was his wife; Jerioth was a secondary wife, mother of those children named.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:18-55