The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
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Interpretation
This verse speaks in the wider setting of memory and worship as 1 Chronicles unfolds its message.
Glossary
- Joab Person
- Jehovah is his father. (1. ) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign ( 2 Sam. 2:13 ; 10:7 ; 11:1 ; 1 Kings 11:15 ).
- Bethlehem Place
- House of bread. (1. ) A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath ( Gen. 35:16 , 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11 ). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah ( Micah 5:2 ), Beth-lehem-judah. Modern identification: Bethlehem.
- Atroth-beth-joab Place
- Crowns. (1. ) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead ( Num. 32:3 ). (2. ) A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin ( Josh. 16:2 , 7), called also Ataroth-adar (16:5). Now ed-Da’rieh. Modern identification: Bethlehem.