Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
A third line of descent from Caleb, the son of Hezron, the issue probably of a different mother, perhaps Jerioth I Chronicles 2:18. The supposed omissions in this verse have been supplied as follows:
(1) "Mesha, the father of Ziph; and the sons of Ziph, Mareshah, the father of Hebron;" or
(2) "Mareshah, the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Ziph, Hebron."
Ziph, like Jorkoam I Chronicles 2:44 and Beth-zur I Chronicles 2:45, is the name of a place where the respective chiefs ("fathers" ) settled. Similarly Madmannah, Machbenah, and Gibea I Chronicles 2:49, Kirjath-jearim (Joshua 9:17 note), Bethlehem and Beth-gader (Jedur, I Chronicles 2:51) are unmistakeable names of places in the list, names which it is not probable were ever borne by persons.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Chronicles 2:42:
Genesis 46:1-34
1 Chronicles 2:50
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