The interpretation timeline

1Chr 4:5

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Jewish · 1 Lutheran

1Chr 4:5 · Douay-Rheims
“And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara:”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi Jewish
1040–1105
“And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives This refers back [to 2:24]: “... and the wife of Hezron was Abijah, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa,” for he did not trace his lineage until now.”
770 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1875
A.D.
Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran
1861–1875
“And Ashur the father of Tekoa,.... A son of Hezron by Abiah, Ch1 2:24. had two wives, Helah and Naarah; as Lamech had, polygamy not being reckoned unlawful in those times.”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.