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His city was named Dinhabah. <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/1.htm">King James Bible</a> Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/1.htm">New King James Version</a> Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king from the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/amp/1_chronicles/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob): Bela the son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/csb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. Bela’s town was named Dinhabah. <a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> These were the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. Bela&#8217s town was named Dinhabah. <a href="/asv/1_chronicles/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/cev/1_chronicles/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Before kings ruled in Israel, Bela son of Beor ruled the country of Edom from its capital of Dinhabah. <a href="/erv/1_chronicles/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah, <a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> These were the kings who ruled Edom before any king ruled the people of Israel: Bela, son of Beor, and the name of his [capital] city was Dinhabah. <a href="/isv/1_chronicles/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Here's a list of kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelis, beginning with Beor's son Bela (his city was named Dinhabah). <a href="/msb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah. <a href="/net/1_chronicles/1.htm">NET Bible</a> These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/web/1_chronicles/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And these [are] the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king of the sons of Israel: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city [is] Dinhabah. <a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king of the sons of Israel: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city is Dinhabah. <a href="/slt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And these the kings which reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned for the sons of Israel: Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city Dinhabah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there was a king over the children of Israel: Bale the son of Beer: and the name of his city was Denaba. <a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there was a king over the sons of Israel: Bela, the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/1.htm">New American Bible</a> The kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the Israelites had kings were the following: Bela, son of Beor, the name of whose city was Dinhabah. <a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor, whose city was called Dinhabah.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dihab. <a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And these are the Kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before a king would reign over the children of Israel: Bala, son of Beor, was made king in Edom, and the name of his city, Daihab.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before their reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <a href="/sep/1_chronicles/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And these are their kings, Balac the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dennaba. <a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=261" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">The Rulers of Edom</a> 43<a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These are</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·mə·lā·ḵîm (Art:: N-mp) -- King. From malak; a king.">the kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: mā·lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">reigned</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/123.htm" title="123: ’ĕ·ḏō·wm (N-proper-ms) -- The name of a condiment. Or oedowm; from 'adom; red; Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region occupied by him.">of Edom</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">any king</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: mə·lāḵ- (V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">reigned</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·nê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">over the Israelites:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1106.htm" title="1106: be·la‘ (N-proper-ms) -- The same as bela'; Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites.">Bela</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/1160.htm" title="1160: bə·‘ō·wr (N-proper-ms) -- From ba'ar; a lamp; Beor, the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam.">of Beor.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘î·rōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">His city</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/1838.htm" title="1838: din·hā·ḇāh (N-proper-fs) -- A city in Edom. Of uncertain derivation; Dinhabah, an Edomitish town.">Dinhabah.</a> 44When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/36-31.htm">Genesis 36:31</a> These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: <a href="/genesis/36-32.htm">Genesis 36:32-39</a> Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah. / When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place. / When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/17-14.htm">Deuteronomy 17:14-15</a> When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” / you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers. <a href="/1_samuel/8-5.htm">1 Samuel 8:5-9</a> “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.” / But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. / And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. ... <a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm">1 Samuel 10:1</a> Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance? <a href="/1_samuel/15-1.htm">1 Samuel 15:1-3</a> Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. / This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt. / Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” <a href="/2_samuel/8-14.htm">2 Samuel 8:14</a> He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went. <a href="/2_kings/3-9.htm">2 Kings 3:9</a> So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals. <a href="/psalms/83-6.htm">Psalm 83:6-8</a> the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, / of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre. / Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah <a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a> When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. <a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Jeremiah 49:7-22</a> Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? / Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him. / If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted? ... <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / 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. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’ <a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Amos 1:11-12</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.” <a href="/obadiah/1-1.htm">Obadiah 1:1-4</a> This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”— / “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised. / The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ ... <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-4</a> “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.the kings.<a href="/genesis/36-31.htm">Genesis 36:31-39</a> And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel… <a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a> The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.<a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Numbers 24:17-19</a> I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/26-40.htm">Bela</a> <a href="/joshua/24-9.htm">Beor</a> <a href="/joshua/24-9.htm">Be'or</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-19.htm">City</a> <a href="/genesis/36-32.htm">Dinhabah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-32.htm">Din'habah</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-6.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-25.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-9.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-28.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-18.htm">Reigned</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Resigned</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-8.htm">Ruling</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/1-44.htm">Bela</a> <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Beor</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Be'or</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-10.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-46.htm">City</a> <a href="/genesis/36-32.htm">Dinhabah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-32.htm">Din'habah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-51.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-64.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-44.htm">Reigned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Resigned</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/3-4.htm">Ruling</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 1</div>1. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-1.htm">Adam's line to Noah.</a> 5. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-5.htm">The sons of Japheth.</a> 8. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-8.htm">The sons of Ham.</a> 17. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-17.htm">The sons of Shem.</a> 24. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-24.htm">Shem's line to Abraham.</a> 29. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-29.htm">Ishmael's sons.</a> 32. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">The sons of Keturah.</a> 34. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">The posterity of Abraham by Esau.</a> 38. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-38.htm">The sons of Seir.</a> 43. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">The kings of Edom.</a> 51. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-51.htm">The dukes of Edom.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom The land of Edom, located to the southeast of Israel, was inhabited by the descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother. The Edomites were often in conflict with Israel, and their kingship predates the establishment of the monarchy in Israel. This historical context highlights the longstanding enmity between the two nations, which is rooted in the sibling rivalry between Esau and Jacob. The mention of Edomite kings serves as a reminder of the fulfillment of God's prophecy to Rebekah that "two nations are in your womb" (<a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a>).before any king reigned over the Israelites This phrase underscores the timeline of governance in the region, indicating that Edom had established a monarchy before Israel. The Israelites were initially led by judges and only later demanded a king, leading to the anointing of Saul as the first king. This distinction emphasizes the unique theocratic leadership of Israel, where God was considered the ultimate ruler until the people's insistence on having a human king (1 Samuel 8).Bela son of Beor Bela is listed as the first king of Edom, and his lineage is noted, which was a common practice to establish legitimacy and authority. The name Beor is also associated with Balaam, the prophet in <a href="/numbers/22.htm">Numbers 22-24</a>, though it is unclear if there is a direct connection. The mention of Bela highlights the historical record-keeping of the Edomites and their structured governance.His city was named Dinhabah Dinhabah, the city associated with King Bela, is not well-documented archaeologically, but its mention indicates the presence of urban centers in Edom. The naming of cities after rulers or significant figures was a common practice in the ancient Near East, reflecting the ruler's influence and legacy. This detail provides insight into the political and social organization of Edom during this period.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/bela_son_of_beor.htm">Bela son of Beor</a> Bela is identified as a king of Edom. His lineage, being the son of Beor, is noted, which is significant in establishing his authority and heritage. 2. <a href="/topical/d/dinhabah.htm">Dinhabah</a> This is the city associated with Bela. It serves as a geographical marker and a center of his reign. 3. <a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a> A region and people descended from Esau, Jacob's brother. Edom often had a contentious relationship with Israel throughout biblical history. 4. <a href="/topical/k/kings_of_edom.htm">Kings of Edom</a> The passage lists the kings who ruled Edom before Israel had its own monarchy, highlighting the established governance in Edom. 5. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who at this point in the account, had not yet established a monarchy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a> The listing of Edomite kings before Israel had a king demonstrates God's sovereign plan and timing in establishing leadership among His people. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_heritage_and_lineage.htm">The Importance of Heritage and Lineage</a> Bela's identification as the son of Beor underscores the significance of heritage in biblical accounts, reminding us of the importance of spiritual lineage and legacy. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_timing.htm">Understanding God's Timing</a> The fact that Edom had kings before Israel can teach us about waiting on God's timing for leadership and direction in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> The mention of kings highlights the role of leadership in society, prompting us to consider the qualities of godly leadership and how we can support and pray for our leaders.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 1</a> <a href="/q/how_do_edomite_kings_fit_biblical_timelines.htm">Genesis 36:31–39 describes Edomite kings before Israel’s monarchy—how does this align with later biblical timelines? </a> <a href="/q/why_the_discrepancy_on_jehoshaphat's_actions.htm">In 1 Kings 22:43, why does the text imply Jehoshaphat removed high places when 2 Chronicles 20:33 suggests otherwise?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_david_control_vast_territories.htm">How would David realistically wield control over so many conquered territories (1 Chronicles 18:6-13) given the limits of ancient communication and military logistics?</a> <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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(43-54) The ancient kings and chiliarchs of Edom, a transcript of <a href="/context/genesis/36-31.htm" title="And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.">Genesis 36:31-43</a>, with only such differences as are incidental to transcribing.(43) Before any king reigned over the children of Israel.--Comp. <a href="/context/numbers/20-14.htm" title="And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus said your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has befallen us:">Numbers 20:14-21</a>, the message of Moses to the king of Edom, asking for a free passage for Israel through his domains. As the older people, and as having been earlier established in its permanent home, Edom was naturally a stage beyond Israel in political development. Unhappily brief as it is, this notice is very appropriately inserted here in an introduction to the history of the kings of the house of David.Bela the son of Beor.--Curiously like "Balaam the son of Beor," <a href="/numbers/22-5.htm" title="He sent messengers therefore to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:">Numbers 22:5</a>. In Hebrew, Bela and Balaam are essentially similar words, the terminal m of the latter being possibly a mere formative. (Perhaps, however, Balaam--Heb. Bil'am = "Bel is a kinsman") comp. Eliam. The prophet whose strange story is read in Numbers 22-24 may, like Isaiah, have been of royal extraction.Dinhabah.--Doom-giving, that is, the place where the king gave judgment (<a href="/1_samuel/8-5.htm" title="And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons walk not in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.">1Samuel 8:5</a>). . . . <a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>These וְאֵ֣לֶּה (wə·’êl·leh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those were the kings הַמְּלָכִ֗ים (ham·mə·lā·ḵîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king who אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that reigned מָלְכוּ֙ (mā·lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Edom אֱד֔וֹם (’ĕ·ḏō·wm) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_123.htm">Strong's 123: </a> The name of a condiment before לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face any king מֶ֖לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king reigned מְלָךְ־ (mə·lāḵ-) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel over the Israelites: לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son Bela בֶּ֚לַע (be·la‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1106.htm">Strong's 1106: </a> Bela -- an Edomite, also two Israelites son בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Beor. בְּע֔וֹר (bə·‘ō·wr) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1160.htm">Strong's 1160: </a> Beor -- 'a burning', father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam His city עִיר֖וֹ (‘î·rōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement was named וְשֵׁ֥ם (wə·šêm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name Dinhabah. דִּנְהָֽבָה׃ (din·hā·ḇāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1838.htm">Strong's 1838: </a> Dinhabah -- a city in Edom <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">1 Chronicles 1:43 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 1:43 Now these are the kings who reigned (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-42.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 1:42"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 1:42" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-44.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 1:44"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 1:44" /></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>