1 Chronicles 1:32

Keturah’s Descendants

1:32 The sons to whom Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, ¹  gave birth:

Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah.

The sons of Jokshan:

Sheba and Dedan.

1 Chronicles 4:22

4:22 Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.) ² 

1 Chronicles 5:6

5:6 and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser ³  of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah ⁴  was the tribal leader of Reuben.

1 Chronicles 5:25

5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors ⁵  and worshiped instead ⁶  the gods of the native peoples ⁷  whom God had destroyed before them.

1 Chronicles 7:16

7:16 Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

1 Chronicles 12:29

12:29 From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, ⁸  there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. ⁹ 

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¹ sn A concubine was a slave woman in ancient Near Eastern societies who was the legal property of her master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with her master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).

² tn Heb “and the words are old.”

³ tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser (also in v. 26).

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Beerah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁶ tn Heb “prostituted themselves after.”

⁷ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”

⁸ tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”

⁹ tn Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”