Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son," — 1 Chronicles 7:25 (ASV)
And Rephah his son; and Resheph and Telah his son. —(Hebrew text). This seems to mean that Rephah was the son of Beriah. But perhaps a son of Ephraim is intended. Rephah does not occur among the sons of Ephraim (Numbers 26:35–36). The word “his son” (benô) may have fallen out after Resheph. Otherwise, Resheph is the brother, and Telah the son, of Rephah (the elder). Resheph, which means “arrow,” “lightning,” or “fever,” was a title of the Phoenician Baal. “Tahan,” a son of Ephraim (Numbers 26:35: the clan of the Tahanites).