These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly.

These who are coming in by name are princes in their families, and the house of their fathers have broken forth into a multitude;

These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.

these mentioned by name were leaders in their families. And their ancestral houses increased greatly.

These were the names of the leaders in their kindred. And they were multiplied greatly within the houses of their marriages.

These mentioned by their names were princes - The registered chiefs of the cities in the first list 1-Chronicles 4:28-31, in the time of Hezekiah 1-Chronicles 4:41.

These mentioned by their names were princes in their families,.... The principal men of them, heads of their fathers' houses:
and the house of their fathers increased greatly; by them, so that they were obliged to seek out for new habitations, as follows.

increased greatly, and they went to the entrance of Gedor--Simeon having only a part of the land of Judah, they were forced to seek accommodation elsewhere; but their establishment in the new and fertile pastures of Gederah was soon broken up; for, being attacked by a band of nomad plunderers, they were driven from place to place till some of them effected by force a settlement on Mount Seir.

"These mentioned by their names were princes in their families; whose fathers'-houses had increased to a multitude. And they went," etc. בשׁמות הבּאים, properly "those who have come with their names," i.e., those who have been mentioned by name; for בּוא with בּ = to come with, is to bring something in, to introduce: cf. Psalm 71:16. This formula is synonymous with בשׁמות הכּתוּבים, 1-Chronicles 4:41; but we cannot consider it, as J. H. Mich., Berth., and others do, identical in meaning with בשׁמות נקּבוּ אשׁר, 1-Chronicles 12:31; Numbers 1:17, etc. The predicate to אלּה is נשׂיאים, and הבּאים is a relative sentence, more accurately defining the subject אלּה. Princes in their families are not heads of families, but heads of fathers'-houses, into which the families had divided themselves. בּית־אבות is not construed with the plural, as being collective (Berth.), but as the plural of the word בּית־אב: cf. Ew. 270, c.