1Ch 2:42 | TSK | STEP | 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. his first-born. 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. the father of Hebron.

1 Chronicles 2:42

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.

18,19,24

his first-born.

Ge 49:3; Ex 4:22,23; Ro 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.

Jos 15:24; 1Sa 23:19; 26:1

the father of Hebron.

23,24,45,49,52; 8:29; Ezr 2:21-35; Ne 7:25-38