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"Caleb the son of Hezron"

Text: 1 Chronicles 2:18

ANOTHER CALEB

There were two famous warriors mentioned in Numbers 13-14. They were the two famous warriors called Joshua and Caleb.

The famous Caleb was called “the son of Jephunneh”. He was from the tribe of Judah (Numbers 13:6).

“Caleb the son of Hezron had children
by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth.
Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
When Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife,
who bore him Hur.
And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.
Now afterward Hezron went in to
the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead,
whom he married when he was sixty years old;
and she bore him Segub.
Segub begot Jair,
who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair,
with Kenath and its towns—sixty towns.)
All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah,
Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.”
1 Chronicles 2:18-24

1. Caleb the son of Hezron.

a) He was another person called Caleb.

b) He had 3 sons Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

2. A long list of names.

a) We need to remember that the Chronicles was written by Ezra the scribe.

b) He took careful notes of who came from Babylon after the 70 years of captivity.

c) Many of the names are not mentioned elsewhere in the Scriptures.

d) These were the survivors of the Babylonian captivity.