These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
Judah kept their genealogies better than any other tribe, a special providence of God, to clear the line of Christ. Hezron was one of the seventy who went down to Egypt with Jacob, and his family multiplied there as the oppressed families did; the Jews say he married three times because he burned to see posterity in the house of Pharez, from whom the Messiah would come.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:18-55
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.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:18-55
The superscription limits these descendants to Hur's line, not Caleb's generally. Hur is Caleb's son, established at 2:19, so the relationship need not repeat here. The singular 'son' before the three names signals they form a list under one heading, not a connected sentence; the grammar shows Shobal, Salma, and Hareph stand as enumerated descendants without closer logical binding.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:50-51