A citation from the library
George Leo Haydock, on 1Chr 2:3
George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
1Chr 2:3 · Douay-Rheims
“The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him.”
On this verse:
“Her. The crime for which he was punished is not specified in Scripture. (Calmet) — The Rabbins say that he was so enamoured of the beauty of his wife, that he treated her in the same manner as Onan did afterwards. (Cassian viii. 11.) — It is supposed that he was slain by a devil, (Calmet) like the (Tirinus) impure husbands of Sarai, Tobias vi. 14. (Haydock)”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.