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1 Ch. 2$52$ the 'half of Manaḥat' is again represented as descended from Šôbāl. These Manaḥathites are further connected with (v.$53f.$), a notice which We. (Bleek$4$, 197) has ingeniously combined with Ju. 13$2$, where, the father of Samson, is a native of Ẓor`ah. It seems to follow, not only that is originally the eponymus of, but that this Ḥorite clan lived in early times in Ẓor`ah and was included in the mixed tribe of Dan (Mey. 340).— ] Mey. identifies with the well-known mountain E of Shechem, originally a Ḥorite settlement (?).— (1 Ch., G , etc.)] unknown.— ] A Yeraḥmeelite name, 1 Ch. 2$26. 28$. The name of Judah's son (Gn. 38$4ff.$) may also be compared.—(c)  ] Possibly a hyæna-tribe (ḍabu', [Language: **], NH, ) (Smith, KM$2$, 254; Gray, 95).—] 'falcon' (Lv. 11$14$, Dt. 14$13$, Jb. 28$7$); cf. the personal name, 2 Sa. 3$7$ 21$8ff.$.—] unknown.—, ] = 'mountain-goat' (Dt. 14$5$).— (Ch. ) and are not known.—] Derived from a widely diffused personal name (Heb. Bab. Sab. Nabat.), best known in OT as that of Moses's father-in-law (Ex. 3$1$ etc.); also a son of Gideon (Ju. 8$20$), and the Ishmaelite father of Amasa (2 Sa. 17$25$ etc.).— ] only here.—(d) ] unknown.—] can scarcely be dissociated from Rachel's handmaid, whose Ḥorite origin would be somewhat more intelligible if Ḥorite clans were amalgamated in one of her subdivisions (Dan; see on Manaḥat above).— ([E], G , = )] unknown.— (better , as 1 Ch. 1$42$)] The tribe is doubtless to be identified with the mentioned in Nu. 33$31f.$, Dt. 10$6$ as the owners of some wells S of Ḳadesh.—(e) (G )] Rd. or, to avoid concurrence with the  of v.$25f.$.— ] see on 10$23$ 22$21$.—] Perhaps connected with the Yeraḥmeelite, 1 Ch. 2$25$. The reading (Heb. MSS, GVT$J$) is probably a mistake caused by the proximity of.

31-39. The kings of Edom.—31. before there reigned a king of the Israelites (v.i.)] This may mean either before the institution of the monarchy in Israel, or before any Israelitish sovereign ruled over Edom. The natural terminus ad quem is, of course, the overthrow of Edomite independence by David (p. 437 below).—The document bears every mark of authenticity, and may be presumed to give a complete list of Edomite kings. Unfortunately the chronology is wanting. An average reign of 20 years for the eight kings (Meyer) is perhaps a reasonable allowance in early un-*

31. ] Expression of gen. by to prevent determination of the governing noun by the following determinate gen. (G-K. § 129 c), 'a king belonging to the I.' The second interpretation given above is the only natural one. G$A$, G$L$ ,—the latter too readily approved by Ball.