2:4 Tamar, Judah’s 1 daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
9:44 Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, 2 followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.
18:9 When King Tou 5 of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah,
23:22 Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them. 6
24:2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
26:6 His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected.
1 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tc The Hebrew text has בֹּכְרוּ (bokhÿru), which some understand as a name: “Bocheru” (so, e.g., NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). But the form should probably be revocalized בְֹּכרוֹ (bÿkhoro, “his firstborn”). A name has accidentally dropped from the list, and a scribe apparently read בֹּכְרוּ as one of the names. Cf. also 1 Chr 8:38.
3 tn Heb “which were upon the servants of Hadadezer.”
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
5 tn The name is spelled “Toi” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:9.
6 tn Heb “the sons of Kish, their brothers [i.e., relatives/cousins] lifted them up.” For other uses of נָאָשׂ (na’as, “lift up”) in the sense of “marry,” see BDB 671 s.v. Qal.3.d.