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1 Chronicles 2:24

AbiahAshurHezronHezronCaleb-Ephrathah

22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

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BSB
After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
KJV
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
WEB
After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
ASV
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron`s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
DARBY
And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
BLB
And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, the wife of Hezron, Abijah, bore to him Ashhur father of Tekoa.
ÅB
Og etter at Hesron var død i Kaleb-Efrata, fødte hans hustru Abia ham Ashur, Tekoas[^8] far.
OTB
Etter Hesrons død i Kaleb-Efrata,
fødte Abia, Hesrons kone, ham Asjur,
far til Tekoa.
B1930
Og efterat Hesron var død i Kaleb-Efrata, fødte hans hustru Abia ham Ashur, Tekoas far. / < d.e. Tekoas innbyggeres. Således er og navnene på de byer som forekommer i det følgende, å forstå om disse byers innbyggere.>

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  • 1 Chronicles 4:5

    And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:14

    We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

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  • 1 Chronicles 2:9

    The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

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  • Amos 1:1

    The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

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  • 2 Samuel 14:2

    And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

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  • 1 Chronicles 2:18–19

    And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

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