1 Chronicles 2:42-48
Caleb <03612> [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:
[Chelubai.]
firstborn <01060> [his first-born.]
father .......... father <01> [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 <02128> [Ziph.]
father .......... father ... Hebron <01 02275> [the father of Hebron.]
Beth-Zur <01049> [Beth-zur.]
Beth-zur was situated in the tribe of Judah, twenty miles south from Jerusalem, towards Hebron, according to Eusebius. It was fortified by Rehoboam, (2 Ch 11:7) and was a fortress of great consequence, principally in the time of the Maccabees. 1 Mac 4:28; 6:7, etc.
Caleb's <03612> [Caleb's.]
concubine <06370> [concubine.]
