1 Chronicles 1 · Verse 44

1 Chronicles 1:44

And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles 1:44, King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:44 in other translations

BSBWhen Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
WEBBela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
ASVAnd Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
YLTAnd Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrali;
DARBYAnd Bela died; and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
BBEAt his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.
WebsterAnd when Bela was dead Jobab the son of Zera of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

What does 1 Chronicles 1:44 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 44 Bela was dead - "Being killed by Phineas, in the wilderness." - T. Jobab the son of Zerah - Supposed by some to be the same as Job, whose book forms a part of the canon of Scripture. But in their names there is no similarity; Job being written איוב aiyob; Jobab, יובב yobab. See the notes on Job, and the parallel place in Genesis.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:28-54

The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. Ec 1:4; Nu 32:14, and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be…

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1 Chronicles 1:44 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֖מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
בָּ֑לַעBa.la'BelaH1106
וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he reignedH4427
תַּחְתָּ֔יוtach.Tavin place of himH8478
יוֹבָ֥בyo.VavJobabH3103
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
זֶ֖רַחZe.rachZerahH2226
מִבָּצְרָֽה\׃mi.ba.tze.Rahfrom BozrahH1224

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 1:44

  • Isaiah 34:6

    The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

  • Isaiah 63:1

    Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

  • Micah 2:12

    I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

  • Jeremiah 49:13

    For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

  • Amos 1:12

    But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

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Bozrah.
Isa 34:6; 63:1; Jer 49:13; Am 1:12; Mic 2:12

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 1:43

    Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:44

    And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:45

    And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

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1 Chronicles 1:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y muerto Belah, reinó en su lugar Jobab hijo de Zera, de Bosra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et Béla mourut; et Jobab, fils de Zérakh, de Botsra, régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Bela starb; und es ward König an seiner Statt Jobab, der Sohn Serachs, aus Bozra.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mortuus est autem Bale, et regnavit pro eo Jobab filius Zare de Bosra.