The sons of Shem—that is, descendants. Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech (or Mash) are stated to have been sons of Aram ([Reference Genesis 10:23…

THE SONS OF SHEM, OR THE SEMITES (1 Chronicles 1:17–23).

Elam. —The Elamtum of the Assyrian in…

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:5).

This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in biblical history, and compile them with many additi…