Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 52. He that saw, and so forth The Latin interpreter seems to have given us here, instead of the proper names, the meaning of those names in the Hebrew. He has done in like manner, verse 55, ( Challoner.) and in many other places. D.—Hebrew “had sons, haroe cha hamenuchoth, ( Bible.) or Raia, Roeh, (Calmet. 4:2) and Chazi of the canton of Menuchat, near Babaa. Calmet. 8:6 and Judges 20:43. Septuagint mention Manocho. Joshua 15:60.—We may also translate “the father of Cariathiarim, the prince of half Manuchat, had sons who peopled different cities.” It seems too harsh to call a man “half the place of rest,” or “seeing from the moiety of rest,” though the Hebrew has this literal signification. The Septuagint give proper names, ( Calmet.) “Araa, Esei, Ammanith,” (but verse 55, half of Manath) and the Prot. “Haroeh and half of the Manahattites.” Bible.—Sobal left to his descendants half the country which he had quietly occupied.