1 Chronicles 2:48

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

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Referenced Verses

Gen 25:5-6 : 5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
1 Chr 2:46 : 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 2:49-51
3 verses
85%
49She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
50These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
51Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
1 Chr 2:45-47
3 verses
79%
45And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
47And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
Gen 22:24
76%
24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
1 Chr 2:18-19
2 verses
75%
18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.
1 Chr 2:42-43
2 verses
74%
42And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
1 Chr 9:35
73%
35And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:
Judg 1:12-14
3 verses
73%
12And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
13And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
14And it came to pass, when she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
1 Chr 8:29
73%
29And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah;
1 Chr 7:14-16
3 verses
72%
14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
Josh 15:16-18
3 verses
72%
16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
18And it came to pass, when she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou?
1 Chr 2:24
70%
24And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
2 Chr 11:19-21
3 verses
70%
19and she bare him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
20And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)
1 Chr 2:29
68%
29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
1 Chr 4:5-6
2 verses
67%
5And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
1 Chr 4:19
67%
19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
2 Sam 3:3
67%
3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
1 Chr 7:18
67%
18And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
Judg 8:31
67%
31And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
1 Chr 1:32
66%
32And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
1 Chr 2:21
66%
21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
Gen 25:2
66%
2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
1 Chr 3:2-3
2 verses
66%
2the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
3the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:
Josh 15:14
65%
14And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Num 13:6
65%
6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
1 Chr 7:24
65%
24And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.
Gen 38:5
65%
5And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
1 Chr 3:9
65%
9All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
1 Chr 4:15
64%
15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
1 Chr 2:55
64%
55And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 Chr 8:9
64%
9And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,