Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:10
He began to be mighty upon the earth - "He began to be bold in sin, a murderer of the innocent, and a rebel before the Lord." - T. read more
He began to be mighty upon the earth - "He began to be bold in sin, a murderer of the innocent, and a rebel before the Lord." - T. read more
Ludim , etc. - "The Nivitaei, the Mariotaei, the Libakaei, and the Pentaskenaei." - T. read more
Caphthorim - "The Cappadocians." - T. read more
Canaan begat Zidon - "Canaan begat Bothniam, his first-born, who built Sidon." - T. read more
The name of the one was Peleg - "Because in his days the inhabitants of the earth were divided according to their languages. And the name of his brother was Joktan, because in his days the years of men began to be shortened, on account of their iniquities." - T. read more
Joktan begat Almodad - "He divided and measured the earth by lines. Sheleph; he assigned rivers to be boundaries. Hazarmaveth; he prepared a place of snares to kill by the highways. Jerah; he built inns, and when any person came to eat and drink, he gave him deadly poison, and so took his property." - T. According to these traditions, the two first were geographers; the third, a public robber; and the fourth, an unprincipled innkeeper, who gave poison to his rich guests, that he might... read more
And Ophir - "Whence gold is brought." And Havilah; "whence pearls are brought." - T. read more
Shem - "The great priest." - T. read more
Keturah , Abraham ' s concubine - Abraham's pilegesh , or wife of the second rank; she was neither whore, harlot, nor concubine, in our sense of these words. read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:9
Seba , and Havilah - "Sindi and Hindi, and Semadaei, and Libyes and the Zingitae; but the sons of the Mauritanians, Demargad and Mesag." - T. read more