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chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.
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Commentators explain that this list of Edom's chiefs is a transcript from Genesis 36. They note minor differences, such as a potentially missing name, which are likely due to the Chronicler abridging the original text or small errors occurring during the ancient copying process.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The slight differences favor the view that the writer of Chronicles has here, as elsewhere, abridged from Genesis (see the marginal references).
19th Century
Anglican
These are the dukes (chiliarchs) of Edom. — Eleven names only are given, whereas there were twelve (or thirteen) chiliarchs of Ed…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:43).
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