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Their sister was named Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The descendants of Etam were Jezreel, Ishma, Idbash, their sister Hazzelelponi,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And these <i>were of</i> the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister <i>was</i> Hazelelponi:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />These <i>were the sons of</i> the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister <i>was</i> Hazelelponi;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />These <i>were</i> the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister <i>was</i> Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And these <i>were</i> the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister <i>was</i> Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />These <i>were</i> the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister <i>was</i> Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These were Etam’s sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and their sister was named Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These were Etam&#8217s sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and their sister was named Hazzelelponi. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And these were the sons of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These were the first settlers in Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister's name was Hazelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These were the descendants of the ancestor of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and their sister's name was Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And these [are] of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister [is] Hazzelelponi;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And these are of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister is Hazzelelponi,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And these of the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister, Hazelelponi:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, and Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And this is the stock of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash. And the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />These were the sons of Hareph, the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; their sister was named Hazzelelponi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And these are the sons of Aminadab: Ahizareel, Neshmah, and Dibash.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these the sons of Aminadab: Akhizarel and Neshma and Dibash.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these <i>are</i> the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name <i>was</i> Eselebbon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/4-3.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=972" 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/4.htm">Other Descendants of Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇî (N-msc) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">were the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/5862.htm" title="5862: ‘ê·ṭām (N-proper-ms) -- Three places in Isr. From ayit; hawk-ground; Etam, a place in Palestine.">of Etam:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3157.htm" title="3157: yiz·rə·‘el (N-proper-ms) -- From zara' and 'el; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites.">Jezreel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3457.htm" title="3457: wə·yiš·mā (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Desolate, a man of Judah. From yasham; desolate; Jishma, an Israelite.">Ishma,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3031.htm" title="3031: wə·yiḏ·bāš (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- An Israelite. From the same as dbash; perhaps honeyed; Jidbash, An Israelite.">and Idbash.</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">And their sister</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: wə·šêm (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">was named</a> <a href="/hebrew/6753.htm" title="6753: haṣ·lel·pō·w·nî (N-proper-fs) -- From tselel and the active participle of panah; shade-facing; Tselelponi, an Israelitess.">Hazzelelponi.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.…<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/29-32.htm">Genesis 29:32-35</a></span><br />And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.” / Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon. / Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Genesis 30:1-24</a></span><br />When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. / Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?” / Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-23.htm">Genesis 35:23-26</a></span><br />The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. / The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. / The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-8.htm">Genesis 46:8-27</a></span><br />Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. / The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. / The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-1.htm">Exodus 1:1-5</a></span><br />These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: / Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; / Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-19.htm">Numbers 26:19-22</a></span><br />The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan. / These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah. / And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/15-20.htm">Joshua 15:20-32</a></span><br />This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah. / These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, / Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11-22</a></span><br />“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. / And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.” / So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">1 Samuel 16:1-13</a></span><br />Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.” / “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ / Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/2-1.htm">2 Samuel 2:1-4</a></span><br />Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD. / So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. / David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1-5</a></span><br />Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. / Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’” / So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-1.htm">1 Kings 2:1-12</a></span><br />As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon, / “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man. / And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-1.htm">1 Chronicles 2:1-15</a></span><br />These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, / Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. / The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-1.htm">1 Chronicles 5:1-2</a></span><br />These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright. / And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-23.htm">1 Chronicles 12:23-40</a></span><br />Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD: / From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears. / From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:</p><p class="hdg">Etam.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/15-11.htm">Judges 15:11</a></b></br> Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines <i>are</i> rulers over us? what <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/11-6.htm">2 Chronicles 11:6</a></b></br> He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/15-11.htm">Etam</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-1.htm">Hur</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/3-1.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/3-19.htm">Sister</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/4-32.htm">Etam</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-4.htm">Hur</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-6.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/hosea/1-5.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-19.htm">Sister</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-1.htm">The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-5.htm">Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-9.htm">Of Jabez, and his prayer.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-11.htm">The other families of the same stock.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-21.htm">The sons of Shelah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-24.htm">The posterity and cities of Simeon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-39.htm">Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir.</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/4.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/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>These were the sons of Etam:</b><br>Etam is a location mentioned in the context of the tribe of Judah. It is associated with a village or a region within Judah's territory. The mention of Etam here suggests a genealogical record, emphasizing the importance of lineage and heritage in Israelite culture. Etam is also noted in other parts of the Bible, such as in the story of Samson (<a href="/judges/15-8.htm">Judges 15:8, 11</a>), indicating its significance in the tribal narratives.<p><b>Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash:</b><br>These names are part of the genealogical record, highlighting the descendants of Judah. Jezreel is a name that appears in various contexts in the Bible, often associated with a fertile valley in Israel, though here it is a personal name. Ishma and Idbash are less prominent in biblical narratives, but their inclusion underscores the detailed recording of family lines, which was crucial for maintaining tribal identity and inheritance rights.<p><b>And their sister was named Hazzelelponi:</b><br>The mention of a sister, Hazzelelponi, is notable as genealogies typically focus on male descendants. Her inclusion may indicate her significance or the prominence of her family. The name Hazzelelponi is unique in the Bible, and its meaning is uncertain, though it may suggest a connection to divine favor or beauty. The presence of women in genealogies, though rare, highlights their roles and contributions within the family and community.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/etam.htm">Etam</a></b><br>A location or possibly a person, Etam is mentioned as the progenitor of the sons listed in this verse. It is also a place associated with the tribe of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezreel.htm">Jezreel</a></b><br>One of the sons of Etam. The name means "God sows," which may indicate a divine blessing or purpose.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/ishma.htm">Ishma</a></b><br>Another son of Etam. His name means "He will hear," suggesting a connection to prayer or divine attention.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idbash.htm">Idbash</a></b><br>The third son of Etam. The meaning of his name is less clear but may relate to "honey" or "sweetness."<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/hazzelelponi.htm">Hazzelelponi</a></b><br>The sister of the sons of Etam. Her name means "the shadow turns to me," which could imply protection or divine favor.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_names.htm">Significance of Names</a></b><br>In biblical times, names often carried deep meanings and were reflective of character or divine purpose. Consider the importance of what we name or label in our lives and how it reflects our values and beliefs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_women_in_genealogies.htm">Role of Women in Genealogies</a></b><br>Hazzelelponi is mentioned by name, which is significant in a patriarchal context. This highlights the importance of women in God's plan and encourages us to recognize and honor the contributions of women in our faith communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_purpose_in_lineage.htm">Divine Purpose in Lineage</a></b><br>The genealogies in Chronicles remind us that God works through families and generations. Reflect on how God might be working through your family history and how you can contribute to His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_context_and_faith.htm">Historical Context and Faith</a></b><br>Understanding the historical and cultural context of biblical passages can deepen our faith and appreciation for God's work throughout history. Engage with the historical background of your faith to enrich your spiritual journey.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_solomon's_wealth_found_archaeologically.htm">How can we reconcile the extravagant wealth of Solomon described in 2 Chronicles 9 (especially verses 13-28) with the lack of corresponding archaeological evidence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_chr_3_4__how_was_the_porch_120_cubits.htm">2 Chronicles 3:4 - How could the porch realistically be 120 cubits high when no known structures of that era matched such a height?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_the_bronze_sea's_capacity_differ.htm">How do we reconcile the apparent capacity discrepancy of the bronze sea between 1 Kings 7:26 (2,000 baths) and 2 Chronicles 4:5 (3,000 baths)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_pure_word_bible_(pwb).htm">Who were the children of King David?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">And these were of the father of Etam.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">And these </span>(<span class= "ital">were</span>)<span class= "ital"> the father of Etam.</span> Some MSS., the LXX., and the Vulg. read "and these (were) the sons of Etam;" other MSS., with the Syriac and Arabic versions, have "the sons of the father of Etam." Both variants look like evasions of a difficulty. The unusual expression "and these--Abi-Etam" may be a brief way of stating that the clans whose names are given were the dominant houses of Etam (or Abi-etam; compare Abiezer, <a href="/judges/7-11.htm" title="And you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down to the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant to the outside of the armed men that were in the host.">Judges 7:11</a>; <a href="/judges/8-2.htm" title="And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?">Judges 8:2</a>). Etam is known from the history of Samson (<a href="/judges/15-8.htm" title="And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelled in the top of the rock Etam.">Judges 15:8</a>, and <a href="/2_chronicles/11-6.htm" title="He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,">2Chronicles 11:6</a>); Jezreel--not Ahab's capital--from <a href="/joshua/15-56.htm" title="And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,">Joshua 15:56</a>, and as the city of Ahinoam, wife of David, from <a href="/1_chronicles/3-1.htm" title="Now these were the sons of David, which were born to him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:">1Chronicles 3:1</a>. Both places were in the hill-country of Judah. The other three names are unknown. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 3, 4.</span> - Etam is, with little doubt, the name of a place (<a href="/2_chronicles/11-6.htm">2 Chronicles 11:6</a>) in Judah, south of Jerusalem. It was near Tekoah (ver. 5, and <a href="/1_chronicles/2-24.htm">1 Chronicles 2:24</a>) and Bethlehem (next verse). The hiatus in the first clause may possibly be supplied by "the families of" from the last verse, or, more fitly, by "the sons of," inasmuch as some manuscripts have it so. The Septuagint, however, and Vulgate <span class="accented">displace</span> "the father of" (<span class="accented">i.e. chief of</span>), replacing it by "the sons of." The Syriac Version leaves out any notice of the sister, Hazelelponi, and gives the former part of the verse thus: "These are Amina-dab's sons, Ahizareel, Nesma, and Dibas, Pheguel and Husia; These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratha, who was the father," etc. With this the Arabic Version is partly in agreement, but closes the verse with the words, "These are the sons of Hur, son of Ephratha, the father of whom [plural] was of Bethlehem." The Chronicle Targum translates, "the <span class="accented">rabbis dwelling at</span> Etam." This variety indicates the difficulty felt by each in turn. The verse, however, purports to give the names of three brothers and one sister (Hazelel-poni, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the shadow looking at me, Gesenius) connected with Etam, as in the following verse Penuel with Gedor (<a href="/1_chronicles/2-51.htm">1 Chronicles 2:51</a>) and Ezer with Hushah (<a href="/1_chronicles/11-29.htm">1 Chronicles 11:29</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/23-27.htm">2 Samuel 23:27</a>). Of no one of these, in all six other descendants of Hur, additional to those found at the close of ch. 2, is anything distinct known. It is to be noted that Hut himself is here called father of Bethlehem, while (<a href="/1_chronicles/2-51.htm">1 Chronicles 2:51</a>) his son Salma is so called. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/4-3.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">These</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[were] the sons</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Etam:</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵיטָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·ṭām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5862.htm">Strong's 5862: </a> </span><span class="str2">Etam -- three places in Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jezreel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִזְרְעֶ֥אל</span> <span class="translit">(yiz·rə·‘el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3157.htm">Strong's 3157: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ishma,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִשְׁמָ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiš·mā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3457.htm">Strong's 3457: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ishma -- 'desolate', a man of Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Idbash.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִדְבָּ֑שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiḏ·bāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3031.htm">Strong's 3031: </a> </span><span class="str2">Idbash -- an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And their sister</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחוֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_269.htm">Strong's 269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sister -- a sister</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was named</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשֵׁ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hazzelelponi.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצְלֶלְפּֽוֹנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·lel·pō·w·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6753.htm">Strong's 6753: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hazzelelponi -- 'give shade, you who turn to me!' an Israelite woman</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 4:3 These were the sons of the father (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 4:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 4:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 4:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 4:4" /></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>