OLD TESTAMENT

1 Chronicles 4:3

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These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

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Verse 3. Posterity. So all the ancient versions seem to have read boni, instead of the present Hebrew abi, which literally means, “and these are the father of Etam.” If words ever wanted sense, they do so here. Kennicott.—Etham is perhaps the name of a town. Malv.

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