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Concise Bible Dictionary: C
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George A. Morrish
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This is mentioned only in
1 Chronicles 2:24
24
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. (1 Chronicles 2:24)
, as the name of a place where Hezron died. That Hezron could have died there (though it is not at all known where the place was) has been thought an impossibility, for was he not with the Israelites living in Egypt? Yes, but at least in the time of Joseph, he and others may have visited Canaan, and on one of his visits have died there, and thus the place have come to be named after his son and his son’s wife? (
1 Chron. 2:19
19
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. (1 Chronicles 2:19)
). The LXX has the improbable reading of “Caleb came to Ephratha,” perhaps so framed to remove the supposed difficulty.
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