1 Chr 2:42

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Caleb.

This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, and therefore called the brother of Jerahmeel: See the parallel texts:

1Chr 2:9

Chelubai.

1Chr 2:18; 1Chr 2:19; 1Chr 2:24

his first-born.

Gen 49:3; Exod 4:22; Exod 4:23; Rom 8:29; Heb 12:23

the father. i.e, the founder.Or, as the Targum renders, "the prince of the Ziphites;" for it was usual to call both the founder and the prince of a city its father.

Ziph.

Josh 15:24; 1Sam 23:19; 1Sam 26:1

the father of Hebron.

1Chr 2:23; 1Chr 2:24; 1Chr 2:45; 1Chr 2:49; 1Chr 2:52; 1Chr 8:29; Ezra 2:21-35; Neh 7:25-38