1 Chronicles 1:15

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

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Interpretation

This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough.

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This thought runs through 1 Chronicles 1:13-16.

1 Chronicles 1:13 1 Chronicles 1:14 1 Chronicles 1:15 1 Chronicles 1:16

Glossary

Arkite People: ( Gen. 10:17 ; 1 Chr. 1:15 ), a designation of certain descendants from the Phoenicians or Sidonians, the inhabitants of Arka, 12 miles north of Tripoli, opposite the northern extremity of Lebanon.