KJV ORIGINAL
Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Maachah, who was Caleb's concubine, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that Caleb had children through a secondary wife named Maachah, showing how God preserved family lineages in ancient Israel.
📚 Historical Context
This verse appears in the genealogical records that the author of Chronicles compiled after the Babylonian exile to help the returned Jewish people understand their heritage. In ancient Near Eastern culture, concubines were secondary wives with legal status, often taken to ensure the continuation of family lines when the primary wife couldn't bear children or to form political alliances.
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