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The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The descendants of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The descendants of Dishan were Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, <i>and</i> Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer <i>were</i> Bilhan, Zaavan, <i>and</i> Jaakan. The sons of Dishan <i>were</i> Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer <i>were</i> Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan <i>were</i> Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The sons of Ezer <i>were</i> Bilhan, Zaavan and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan <i>were</i> Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The sons of Ezer <i>were</i> Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishon <i>were</i> Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ezer’s sons: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan’s sons: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ezer&#8217s sons: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan&#8217s sons: Uz and Aran. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Ezer was the father of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan was the father of Uz and Aran. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer; Bilhan and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ezer's sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan's sons were Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Ezer's descendants were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan's descendants were Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavan, Jakan. Sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavan, Jakan. Sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavan and Jakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Eser: Balaan, and Zavan, and Jacan. The sons of Disan: Hus and Aran. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Calhan, Zimran, and Jakan. The sons of Dishon: Uz, and Aram.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The sons of Atsar: Kalhan and Zamun and Yaqan and the sons of Dishun: Uz and Aram.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Hosar, Balaam, and Zucam, and Acan: the sons of Disan, Os, and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=252" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">The Descendants of Abraham</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">41</span>The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. <span class="reftext">42</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">The sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/687.htm" title="687: ’ê·ṣer (N-proper-ms) -- Treasure, a chief of the Horites. From 'atsar; treasure; Etser, an Idumaean.">of Ezer:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1092.htm" title="1092: bil·hān (N-proper-md) -- The name of an Edomite, also of an Isr. From balahh; timid; Bilhan, the name of an Edomite and of an Israelite.">Bilhan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2190.htm" title="2190: wə·za·‘ă·wān (Conj-w:: N-proper-md) -- A desc. of Seir. From zuwa'; disquiet; Zaavan, an Idumaean.">Zaavan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3292.htm" title="3292: ya·‘ă·qān (N-proper-md) -- Jaakan. From the same as Aqan; Jaakan, an Idumaean.">and Akan.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">The sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/1787.htm" title="1787: ḏî·šō·wn (N-proper-ms) -- Two Edomites. (Diyshon, the same as diyshon; Dishon, the name of two Edomites.">of Dishan:</a> <a href="/hebrew/5780.htm" title="5780: ‘ūṣ (N-proper-ms) -- Apparently from uwts; consultation; Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them.">Uz</a> <a href="/hebrew/765.htm" title="765: wa·’ă·rān (Conj-w:: N-proper-md) -- An Edomite. From ranan; stridulous; Aran, an Edomite.">and Aran.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/36-11.htm">Genesis 36:11-12</a></span><br />The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. / Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20-21</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, / Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/36-28.htm">Genesis 36:28</a></span><br />These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/36-29.htm">Genesis 36:29-30</a></span><br />These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, / Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/36-40.htm">Genesis 36:40-43</a></span><br />These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, / Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, / Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/10-15.htm">Genesis 10:15-18</a></span><br />And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, / the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, / the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Genesis 25:13-16</a></span><br />These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, / Mishma, Dumah, Massa, / Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-1.htm">Genesis 25:1-4</a></span><br />Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, / and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. / Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/24-20.htm">Numbers 24:20-22</a></span><br />Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.” / Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff. / Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Deuteronomy 2:12</a></span><br />The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-22.htm">Deuteronomy 2:22</a></span><br />just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Ezekiel 25:13</a></span><br />therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-6.htm">Obadiah 1:6-9</a></span><br />But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out! / All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it. / In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-10.htm">Romans 9:10-13</a></span><br />Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. / Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, / not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25-26</a></span><br />As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.</p><p class="hdg">Zavan.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/36-27.htm">Genesis 36:27</a></b></br> The children of Ezer <i>are</i> these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.</p><p class="hdg">Zaavan, Achan.</p><p class="hdg">Jakan.</p><p class="hdg">Uz.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-23.htm">Genesis 10:23</a></b></br> And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/36-28.htm">Genesis 36:28</a></b></br> The children of Dishan <i>are</i> these; Uz, and Aran.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21</a></b></br> Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/36-27.htm">Akan</a> <a href="/genesis/36-28.htm">Aran</a> <a href="/genesis/36-27.htm">Bilhan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-38.htm">Dishan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-38.htm">Ezer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">Jaakan</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">Jakan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-17.htm">Uz</a> <a href="/genesis/36-27.htm">Zaavan</a> <a href="/genesis/36-27.htm">Za'avan</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/36-27.htm">Akan</a> <a href="/genesis/36-28.htm">Aran</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-10.htm">Bilhan</a> <a href="/genesis/36-21.htm">Dishan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-4.htm">Ezer</a> <a href="/numbers/33-31.htm">Jaakan</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">Jakan</a> <a href="/job/1-1.htm">Uz</a> <a href="/genesis/36-27.htm">Zaavan</a> <a href="/genesis/36-27.htm">Za'avan</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-1.htm">Adam's line to Noah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-5.htm">The sons of Japheth.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-8.htm">The sons of Ham.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-17.htm">The sons of Shem.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-24.htm">Shem's line to Abraham.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-29.htm">Ishmael's sons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">The sons of Keturah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">The posterity of Abraham by Esau.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-38.htm">The sons of Seir.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">The kings of Edom.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">51. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-51.htm">The dukes of Edom.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.</b><br>Ezer is listed as a descendant of Seir the Horite, a group of people who lived in the region of Edom before the Edomites. This genealogy highlights the interconnectedness of various tribes and peoples in the ancient Near East. Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan are not widely mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, indicating that they may not have played significant roles in biblical narratives. However, their inclusion underscores the importance of lineage and heritage in biblical times, reflecting the emphasis on family and tribal connections. The Horites, as a people, were eventually assimilated into the Edomite culture, which is significant in understanding the complex history of the region.<p><b>The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.</b><br>Dishan is another descendant of Seir the Horite, and his sons Uz and Aran are part of the genealogical record that connects various tribes and peoples. Uz is a name that appears elsewhere in the Bible, notably as the land where Job lived (<a href="/job/1.htm">Job 1:1</a>), though it is unclear if there is a direct connection. The mention of Uz and Aran in this genealogy serves to establish the historical and cultural context of the Horites and their integration into the broader narrative of the Edomites. This passage reflects the broader biblical theme of God's sovereignty over nations and peoples, as well as the fulfillment of His promises through various lineages.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezer.htm">Ezer</a></b><br>A descendant of Seir the Horite, Ezer is listed as one of the chiefs of the Horites, a group of people who lived in the region of Seir before the Edomites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bilhan,_zaavan,_and_akan.htm">Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan</a></b><br>These are the sons of Ezer. Their mention in the genealogies highlights the continuation of the Horite lineage.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/dishan.htm">Dishan</a></b><br>Another descendant of Seir the Horite, Dishan is also listed as a chief among the Horites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz_and_aran.htm">Uz and Aran</a></b><br>The sons of Dishan, they represent the further extension of the Horite family line.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/seir.htm">Seir</a></b><br>The region associated with the Horites, located in the mountainous area of Edom, south of the Dead Sea.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_genealogies.htm">The Importance of Genealogies</a></b><br>Genealogies in the Bible serve to connect historical events and people to God's overarching plan. They remind us of God's faithfulness through generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a></b><br>The inclusion of various peoples and their descendants in Scripture underscores God's control over history and His ability to use all nations for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_and_historical_context.htm">Cultural and Historical Context</a></b><br>Understanding the cultural and historical background of biblical genealogies can enrich our comprehension of Scripture and its relevance to God's redemptive account.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lesser-known_figures.htm">The Role of Lesser-Known Figures</a></b><br>Even those who seem minor in the biblical account, like the sons of Ezer and Dishan, play a part in God's plan. This encourages us to see value in every role within the body of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_and_change.htm">Continuity and Change</a></b><br>The genealogies reflect both continuity and change within God's creation, reminding us of the constancy of God's promises amidst the changing human landscape.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_chron._10's_view_of_saul_skew_history.htm">Does 1 Chronicles 10's portrayal of Saul's downfall reflect a theological agenda that undermines its historical reliability when compared to earlier accounts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_1_chron_27's_census_align.htm">How does 1 Chronicles 27's census reconcile with other conflicting census figures in the Bible (e.g., 2 Samuel 24)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_verify_david's_authorship_in_1_chron.htm">How do we verify the legitimacy of David's authorship of prayers like the one in 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 when external corroboration is lacking?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_chr_10_13_blame_saul's_death.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 10:13 emphasize Saul's death as punishment for consulting a medium, when 1 Samuel 31 attributes his defeat primarily to the Philistine assault?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 42-50.</span> - G. LIST OF KINGS OF EDOM. These verses contain a list of kings who reigned in <span class="cmt_word">Edom</span>, during a period expressly notified as anterior to the institution of kings in Israel. Some further point of practical use than has been yet ascertained may lie in the preservation of these snatches of Edom's history. Something surely hangs on the emphatic but otherwise gratuitous statement, that kings were unknown in Israel when this line reigned in Edom. It may turn out to cover the fulfilment of some obscure point of prophecy, or to subserve some important chronological purpose; but wedged in as it is, it cannot be permitted to count for nothing. That it stands in identical words in <a href="/genesis/36-31.htm">Genesis 36:31</a> increases not a little the attention to be paid to it. It has hence been asserted far too dogmatically, as by Spinoza, that the Book of Genesis was no work of Moses; or again, that the passage, in the course of some transcription of manuscripts, had found its way from Chronicles, through a marginal note, at last into the text of Genesis (see Kennicott). But these positions are only forced by the assumption that kings must have reigned in Israel before the sentence could have been written, which is an unnecessary assumption. Kings had been promised to Jacob (<a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11</a>), as among his posterity, and had been prophesied of by Moses (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-36.htm">Deuteronomy 28:36</a>). It <span class="accented">may have been</span> that Edom, secure in her kings for generations, had been wont to make her boast of them. in comparison of and in presence of her neighbours, and the remark may have <span class="accented">thence</span> originated. Lastly, it has been correctly pointed out that the structure of the sentence in the original does not at all necessitate the suggestion (of which in the English Version there is confessedly the <span class="accented">appearance</span>), that kings had already been in Israel. At the same time, too great stress must not be laid upon this, for the slight alteration of translation that would suit the time for Genesis, would throw it out again for our text here, and yet the words of the original are identical. These kings are eight in number; the parentage or the land of each is given. It is to be noticed that the line of royalty is not hereditary, and that several dukes, or heads of tribes, or princes of districts, rule under the king. The names, whether of persons or places, agree in the Authorized Version as they occur here and in <a href="/genesis/36-31.htm">Genesis 36:31-39</a>, except that Saul is here spelt <span class="cmt_word">Shaul</span>, and that we have here <span class="cmt_word">Hadad</span> and <span class="cmt_word">Pai</span> for Hadar and Pan there. These two differences are occasioned by the Hebrew text, and are the only differences between the two Hebrew texts, except that <span class="hebrew">חושָׁם</span> here is given <span class="hebrew">חֻשָׁם</span> there, and that the incorrect spelling here of <span class="hebrew">עֲיִות</span> is found right (<span class="hebrew">עֲוִית</span>) in Genesis. The superfluous statement, <span class="cmt_word">Hadad</span> died <span class="cmt_word">also</span>, which begins our fifty-first verse, is not found in Genesis. In the Septuagint the variations between the two places are greater, as well as those from the Hebrew text in either place. Thus we <span class="cmt_word">have Asom, Gethaim, Sebla, Roboth, Balaennor, Achobor, Adad,</span> here, for Asom, Getthaim, Samada, Robboth, Ballenon, Achobor, Arad, there. There is also an entire omission here of the name of the wife of the last king, with those of her mother and grandmother, all of which are given in the passage of Genesis, as found in the Hebrew text. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּֽנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Ezer:</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֔צֶר</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·ṣer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_687.htm">Strong's 687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ezer -- 'treasure', a chief of the Horites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Bilhan,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּלְהָ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(bil·hān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1092.htm">Strong's 1092: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bilhan -- the name of an Edomite, also of an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Zaavan,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזַעֲוָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·za·‘ă·wān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2190.htm">Strong's 2190: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zaavan -- a descendant of Seir</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Akan.</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקָ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3292.htm">Strong's 3292: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jaakan </span><br /><br /><span class="word">The sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Dishon:</span><br /><span class="heb">דִישׁ֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḏî·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1787.htm">Strong's 1787: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dishon -- two Edomites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Uz</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֥וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5780.htm">Strong's 5780: </a> </span><span class="str2">Uz -- a son of Aram, also a son of Nahor, also an Edomite, also perhaps a district East of Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Aran.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲרָֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·rān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_765.htm">Strong's 765: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aran -- an Edomite</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">1 Chronicles 1:42 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/1-42.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 1:41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 1:41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 1:43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 1:43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>