And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

She bore also a third: whom she called Sela. after whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.

And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.

And she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

Likewise, she bore a third, whom she called Shelah, after whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.

Et addidit adhuc, et peperit filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Salah: erat autem in Chezib, quando hunc ipsa peperit.

And he was at Chezib when she bare him - This town is supposed to be the same with Achzib, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:44. "The name," says Ainsworth, "has in Hebrew the signification of lying; and to it the prophet alludes, saying the houses of Achzib shall be (Achzab) a lie to the kings of Israel, Micah 1:14."

And she conceived, and bare a son,.... A third son:
and called his name Shelah; which signifies tranquil, quiet, peaceable and prosperous, and is a word that comes from the same root as Shiloh, that famous son of Judah that should spring from him, Genesis 49:10 the reason of the name, as given by the Targum, is,"because her husband forgot her:"
and she was at Chezib when she bare him; Chezib is the name of a place, by some taken to be the same with Achzib or Ecdippe, now Zib, see Micah 1:14; it seems to be a city in the tribe of Judah; and Jerom (n) says, in his time there was a desert place of this name near Adullam, on the borders of Eleutheropolis; the reason of her being here at the time of her delivery, and of this circumstance being related, is not certain.
(n) De loc. Hebrews. fol. 90. E.