[Hez’ron]
1. Son of Pharez, and grandson of Judah. Gen 46:12; Num 26:21; Rth 4:18-19; 1Ch 2:5-25; 1Ch 4:1.
2. Son of Reuben. Gen 46:9; Exo 6:14; Num 26:6; 1Ch 5:3.
3. Place on the south border of Judah. Jos 15:3; Jos 15:25; also called HAZOR. Identified by some with Jebel Hadireh, 30° 52’ N, 35° 50’ E.
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By: Emil G. Hirsch, M. Seligsohn
1. Son of Reuben and founder of the family of the Hezronites (Gen. xlvi. 9; Ex. vi. 14; Num. xxvi. 6). 2. Son of Pharez and grandson of Judah, who was the direct ancestor of David (Gen. xlvi. 12; Ruth iv. 18). He had by his first marriage three sons: Jerahmeel; Ram, from whom David descended; and Caleb. Afterward he married the daughter of Machir, who bore him Segub, the father of Jair; and after his death his wife Abijah bore Ashur (I Chron. ii. 9, 21, 24). 3. A place marking the southern limit of the territory assigned to Judah, between Kadesh-barnea and Adar (Josh. xv. 3). In the parallel list of Num. xxxiv. 4, Hezron and Addar seem to be described as one place, "Hazar-addar."
HEZRON.—1. The eponymous head of a Reubenite family (Gen 46:9, Exo 6:14, Num 26:6 = 1Ch 5:3). 2. The eponymous head of a Judahite family (Gen 46:12, Num 26:21 = Rth 4:18-19, 1Ch 2:5; 1Ch 2:9; 1Ch 2:18; 1Ch 2:21; 1Ch 2:24-25; 1Ch 4:1). This Hezron appears also in the NT in the genealogy of our Lord (Mat 1:3, Luk 3:33). The gentilic name Hezronites occurs in Num 26:6 referring to the descendants of No. 1, and in Num 26:21 referring to those of No. 2 above. 3. A town in the south of Judah (Jos 15:3) = Hazar-addar of Num 34:4.
(1) A son of Reuben (Gen 46:9; Exo 6:14), and head of the family of the Hezronites (Num 26:6).
(2) A son of Perez, and grandson of Judah (Gen 46:12; Num 26:21; 1Ch 2:5, 1Ch 2:9, 1Ch 2:18, 1Ch 2:21, 1Ch 2:24, 1Ch 2:25; 1Ch 4:1), a direct ancestor of David (Rth 4:18 f). He appears also in the genealogy of our Lord (