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Real Places, Real People
Commentators explain that the names in this verse are not mythical but refer to real peoples and places. Scholars connect the Arvadite, Zemarite, and Hamathite to specific locations in ancient Phoenicia and Syria (Arvad, Simyra, Hamath) that are also mentioned in non-biblical historical records, such as Assyrian inscriptions.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 1:16
18th Century
Theologian
The Zemarite — See the note on Genesis 10:18. The inscriptions of the Assyrian monarch Sargon (c. 720 B.C.) mention Zimira, which is associa…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 1:8–16
19th Century
Bishop
THE SONS OF HAM, THE DARK-SKINNED OR SWARTHY (1 Chronicles 1:8–16).
Cush.—The Greek Meroë, Ass…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 1:16
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:5).
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 1:1–27
17th Century
Minister
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in biblical history, and compile them with many additi…