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1 Chronicles 4:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Judah's clans resume through households and towns.”
Judah starts again as clans and towns
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Chronicles 4:1–8. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 4:1–8
Read 1 Chronicles 4:8 with 4:1–8. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Judahite lines connect Zorathites, Etam, named sisters, wives, and Tekoa before the Jabez notice.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Judah's clans resume through households and towns,” 1 Chronicles 4:8 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The second Judah section broadens the domestic and geographic texture around the Davidic center. 1 Chronicles 3:17–24 has just established this prior movement: Jeconiah's descendants, Zerubbabel's household, sisters, and later generations extend the line into the postexilic horizon. Together those details explain why “Judah's clans resume through households and towns” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 1 Chronicles 4:1–8 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 4:1–8 forms the complete movement “Judah's clans resume through households and towns”: Judahite lines connect Zorathites, Etam, named sisters, wives, and Tekoa before the Jabez notice.
Verse 1. 1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
Verse 2. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
Verse 3. 3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
Verse 4. 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
Verse 5. 5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Verse 6. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
Verse 7. 7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
Verse 8. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
What Remains True
Communal memory must preserve real people, households, disruptions, and belonging without turning ancestry into superiority, spiritual rank, or entitlement. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Judahite lines connect Zorathites, Etam, named sisters, wives, and Tekoa before the Jabez notice. In 1 Chronicles 4:8, the concrete line “And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 4:1–8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 4:1–8
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 4:1–8, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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