1 Chr 5:2

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Judah.

Gen 35:23; Gen 49:8-10; Num 2:3; Num 7:12; Josh 14:6; Judg 1:2; Ps 60:7; Ps 108:8 Mic 5:2; Matt 2:6; Heb 7:14; Rev 5:5

the chief ruler. or, the prince.

By the chief ruler is meant first David, and after him the Messiah, agreeably to the celebrated prophecy of Jacob (Ge 49:10). The Syriac calls him "Christ the king," and the Arabic, "Messiah the king."

1Sam 16:1; 1Sam 16:10; 1Sam 16:12; 2Sam 8:15; Ps 78:68-71; Jer 23:5; Jer 23:6; Mic 5:2; Matt 2:6 Heb 7:14

birthright was.

Gen 49:26; Rom 8:29