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1 Chronicles 8
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The Genealogy of Saul
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**THE SONS OF BENJAMIN AND BELA** (1Chronicles 8:1-5).
(See Notes on 1Chronicles 7:6-7.)
**Bela his first-born.**—The Hebrew word for “firstborn” in Genesis 46:21 may have been turned into the proper name Becher, by an ancient mistake of the scribes. (See Note on 1Chronicles 7:6.)
**Ashbel.**—Probably the same as Jediael.
**Aharah** the same as Ahiram and Ehirosh.
(2) **Nohah and Rapha.**—These na...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**3. on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed--**In consequence of the close and protracted blockade, the inhabitants were reduced to dreadful extremities; and under the maddening influence of hunger, the most inhuman atrocities were perpetrated (La 2:20, 22; 4:9, 10; Eze 5:10). This was a fulfilment of the prophetic denunciations threatened on the apostasy of the chosen people (L...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, Addar: or, Ard.Gen.26.21
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**4. the city was broken up--**that is, a breach was effected, as we are elsewhere informed, in a part of the wall belonging to the lower city (2Ch 32:5; 33:14).
**the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden--**The king's garden was (Ne 3:15) at the pool of Siloam, that is, at the mouth of the Tyropæon. A trace of the outermost of these wa...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. Shephuphan: or, Shupham.Num.26.39
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**6-7. they took the king, and brought him ... to Riblah--**Nebuchadnezzar, having gone from the siege to oppose the auxiliary forces of Pharaoh-hophra, left his generals to carry on the blockade, he himself not returning to the scene of action, but taking up his station at Riblah in the land of Hamath (2Ki 23:33).
**they gave judgment upon him--**They, that is, the council (Jr 39:3, 13; Da 6:7,...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(6) **And these are the sons of Ehud.**—The Authorised Version makes no distinction between this *Ehud* and *Ehud son of Gera,* the famous Benjamite judge (Judges 3:15). The difference in the Heb. is so slight, that perhaps we may assume an original identity of the two names. In that case we get a link between the *sons of Ehud* and the house of *Gera,* 1Chronicles 8:5. Others identify the present...
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**6-7. they took the king, and brought him ... to Riblah--**Nebuchadnezzar, having gone from the siege to oppose the auxiliary forces of Pharaoh-hophra, left his generals to carry on the blockade, he himself not returning to the scene of action, but taking up his station at Riblah in the land of Hamath (2Ki 23:33).
**they gave judgment upon him--**They, that is, the council (Jr 39:3, 13; Da 6:7,...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(7) **And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them.**—The three clans here mentioned are commonly regarded as the authors of the expatriation of the people of Geba. Of Gera it is specially said “*he* removed them,” because Gera was the leading clan of the three. According to this interpretation the two verses (6-7) may be rendered: “And these are the sons of Ehud. (These are heads of clans bel...
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
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<strong>And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab</strong>—this unusual notice records a Benjamite living and procreating in Moabite territory, Israel's enemy nation descended from Lot's incest (Genesis 19:37). The text states he begot children <strong>after he had sent them away</strong>—he divorced his wives <strong>Hushim</strong> (חֻשִׁים 'hasters') and <strong>Baara</strong> (בַּעֲר...
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(8) **And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab.**—Shaharaim is apparently out of all connection with the other Benjamite houses. He has been identified with Ahi-Shahar, 1Chronicles 7:10, because his name has a similar meaning, and even with the mysterious Aher (hypothetically Shaher) of 1Chronicles 7:12. It is simpler to suppose that *weeth-Shaharaim,* “and Shaharaim,” has dropped out a...
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(9) **Hodesh his wife.**—The new Moabite wife or settlement of Shaharaim. The names of two of the sons begotten in Moab have a Moabite cast—viz., *Mesha’,* comp. Mesha’ king of Moab, 2Kings 3:4; and *Malcham,* comp. Malcham (Milcom) as a title of the god of Moab and Ammon, Jeremiah 49:1 (Heb.).
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(10) **Heads of the fathers.**—See Note on 1Chronicles 8:6.
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(11) **And of Hushim he begat** . . .—The offspring of Shaharaim by Hushim before her divorce; in other words, two offshoots of the clan Shaharaim settled in the vicinity of Lod or Lydda (1Chronicles 8:12), which took no part in the emigration to Moab.
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(12) **Shamer,** or *Shemer,* occurred in 1Chronicles 7:34 as a clan of Asher.
**Who built.Ono and Lod**. . . .—Literally, *he built Ono and Lod and her daughters.* The clause is a parenthesis referring to Shemer.
**Ono,** now *Kefr Auna,* recurs in Ezra 2:33, Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35, but is not found elsewhere in the Old Testament. It is always coupled with Lod, and must have been near it.
...
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(13) **Beriah also, and Shema.**—After these two names the Masoretic punctuators have put a stop. Thus 1Chronicles 8:12-13 give five sons of Elpaal. Or 1Chronicles 8:13 may be disconnected from 1Chronicles 8:12, and Beriah and Shema regarded as beginning a new series of Benjamite clans.
**Who were heads of the fathers. . . .**—Rather, “THEY *were heads of the clans of the inhabitants of Aijalon;* ...
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(14-16) Apparently nine sons of Beriah. But (1) in 1Chronicles 8:14, the LXX. reads ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ instead of *Ahio.* With different vowels the Hebrew term would mean this. (2) All the other names in this list are connected by the conjunctive particle. It is therefore likely that this was once the case with Shashak. (3) 1Chronicles 8:14-27 give five groups of Benjamite clans—viz., the sons of Ber...
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(17-18) Seven sons of Elpaal.
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**8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--**(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
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<strong>Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal</strong>—this genealogical snippet lists three Benjamite names in the Elpaal clan. <strong>Ishmerai</strong> (יִשְׁמְרַי 'Yahweh guards'), <strong>Jezliah</strong> (יִזְלִיאָה 'God will draw out'), and <strong>Jobab</strong> (יוֹבָב 'a desert') demonstrate typical Hebrew naming patterns: theophoric names incorporating Yahweh/El (fir...
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**19. five men of them that were in the king's presence--**that is, who belonged to the royal retinue. It is probable that there were five at first, and that other two were found afterwards (Jr 52:25).
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(19-21) Nine sons of Shimhi (Shimei being the same as Shema). This is the same Hebrew name as that which at 2Samuel 16:5 *seq.* the Authorised Version renders by Shimei.
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; Shimhi: or, Shema.vers.13
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**22-26. Nebuchadnezzar ... made Gedaliah ... ruler--**The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others (Jr 40:7) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jr 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(22-25) Eleven sons of Shashak (1Chronicles 8:14), followed by six sons of Jeroham (Jeremoth, 1Chronicles 8:14) in 1Chronicles 8:26-27. The recurrence of the same names in the five groups is noticeable. Thus, a Zichri appears among the sons of Shimei (1Chronicles 8:19), among the sons of Shashak (1Chronicles 8:23), and among the sons of Jeroham (1Chronicles 8:27). Of course the name may have been ...
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**22-26. Nebuchadnezzar ... made Gedaliah ... ruler--**The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others (Jr 40:7) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jr 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**22-26. Nebuchadnezzar ... made Gedaliah ... ruler--**The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others (Jr 40:7) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jr 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**22-26. Nebuchadnezzar ... made Gedaliah ... ruler--**The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others (Jr 40:7) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jr 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**22-26. Nebuchadnezzar ... made Gedaliah ... ruler--**The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others (Jr 40:7) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jr 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**27. seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin--**corresponding with the year of Nebuchadnezzar's death, and his son Evil-merodach's ascension to the throne.
**Evil-merodach ... did lift up the head of Jehoiachin ... and spake kindly--**gave him liberty upon parole. This kindly feeling is said to have originated in a familiar acquaintance formed in prison, in which Evil-merodach h...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
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<strong>These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men</strong> (רָאשֵׁי אָבוֹת לְתֹלְדוֹתָם roshei avot letoldotam)—this summarizing formula designates clan patriarchs, literally 'heads of fathers' houses according to their generations.' The term <strong>chief men</strong> (רָאשִׁים rashim) indicates leadership status, those with authority to represent their extended families in...
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(28) T**hese were . . . chief men.**—*These were: chiefs of clans; according to their birth-rolls, chiefs.* All the names from 1Chronicles 8:14 to 1Chronicles 8:27 are included in this summation. The repetition of the word “chiefs” (Heb., *heads*) is peculiar. The writer can hardly have meant other than to warn his readers against the idea that the preceding names represent individual members of s...
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**29. Jehoiachin ... did eat ... continually before him--**According to an ancient usage in Eastern courts, had a seat at the royal table on great days, and had a stated provision granted him for the maintenance of his exiled court.
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon ; whose wife's name was Maachah: father: called Jehiel,IChro.9.35
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**THE FAMILIES OF GIBEON, ESPECIALLY THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAUL**
(1Chronicles 8:29-40).
1Chronicles 8:29-38 recur at 1Chronicles 9:35-44.
(29) **At Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon.**—His name (Jehiel) has been accidentally omitted. (See 1Chronicles 9:35.) The verb *dwelt* is plural, “they dwelt;” a sufficient indication that the “father of Gibeon” merely represents the original population of that ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(30) **The sons of Abi-Gibeon**—that is, the Benjamite clans of Gibeon. The name of *Ner* has fallen out between Baal and Nadab. (Comp. 1Chronicles 9:36.) That of *Baal* is interesting. Comp. 1Chronicles 8:33-34, where we find Eshbaal and Merib-baal (rather *Meri-baal, i.e.,* “man of Baal”); comp. *Merbal* in *Herod, vii.* 88. It appears from Hosea 2:16 that the title Baal (lord) was once applied ...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. Zacher: or, Zechariah.IChr.9.37
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(31) **Ahio.**—The recurrence of this name here lends some support to the Authorised Version in 1Chronicles 8:14.
**Zacher.**—Heb., *Zecher* (comp. Shamer-Shemer), the Zechariah of 1Chronicles 9:37, which is in fact the full form of the name. Such abbreviations are common. (See 1Chronicles 5:26, Note.) After Zecher, the phrase *and Mikloth* has dropped out of the text, because 1Chronicles 8:32 beg...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. Shimeah: or, Shimeam.ca.9.38, I.Sam.14.51
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(32) **Shimeah** is essentially the same word as *Shimeam* (1Chronicles 9:38). The latter is a *mimmated* form (*i.e.,* a more ancient form of the noun, with the original ending m).
**And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.**—Literally, *And they also, before their brethren, dwelt in Jerusalem* *with their brethren.* The verse seems to tell us that of all the stoc...
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES.
Commentary by Robert Jamieson
CHAPTER 1
1Ch 1:1-23. Adam's Line to Noah.
**1. Adam, &c.--**"Begat" must be understood. Only that one member of the family is mentioned, who came in the direct order of succession.
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. Eshbaal: or, Ishbosheth 2.Sam.2.8
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(33) The house of Saul It is not said here that Saul’s immediate family was settled at Gibeon. From 1Samuel 10:26; 1Samuel 15:34, and 2Samuel 21:6, we learn that Gibeah, or “Gibeah of Saul,” was the seat of the king. It is gratuitous to suppose that the chronicler has confounded two different places.
**And Ner begat Kish.**—1Samuel 9:1 gives the following pedigree of Kish: Kish son of Abiel, son o...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. Meribbaal: or, Mephibosheth.2.Sam.4.4
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. Tarea: or, Tahrea.e.9.41
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(35) **Tarea.**—*Ta’rea.* Tahrea (1Chronicles 9:41) is a harder pronunciation of the same name. The name Shime’ah, or Shime’am (1Chronicles 8:32) appears to be a similar softening of the name Shime’ah (2Samuel 13:3).
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**4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--**The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(36) **Jehoadah.**—Heb., *Jeho’addah.* 1Chronicles 9:42 gives Jarah (Heb., *Ja’rah*)*,* a mistake arising from the common confusion of the Heb. *d* and r. The name there should be read, “Jo’addah,” a contraction of the present form.
**Alemeth.**—In 1Chronicles 7:8 a son of Becher; in 1Chronicles 6:60 a Levitical town. The name is apparently personal here.
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**4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--**The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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**4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--**The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
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<strong>And Azel had six sons</strong>—this detailed enumeration appears twice in Chronicles (here and 9:44), emphasizing King Saul's genealogy. <strong>Azel</strong> (אָצֵל 'noble' or 'set apart') descended from Jonathan through Merib-baal/Mephibosheth (v. 34), making these six sons Saul's great-great-great-grandsons. Their names—<strong>Azrikam</strong> (עַזְרִיקָם 'my help has risen'), <strong>...
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(38) **Bocheru.**—Some MSS. read “his firstborn,” with which, with different points, the LXX. and the Syriac agree. This seems right, as the conjunctive particle is wanting between Azrikam and the doubtful word, and Bocheru would be anomalous as a proper name. (See Note on 1Chronicles 8:40.)
**Azel.**—A place near Jerusalem was so called (Zechariah 14:5; Micah 1:11).
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**4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--**The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
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Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
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(39) **Eshek his brother**—that is, the brother of Azel, and son of Eleasah (1Chronicles 8:37). The elder line is first developed.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--**The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers , and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Benjamin and Saul's failed kingship section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) - son of the right hand</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records...
Read full commentary →Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(40) **And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers.**—The ancient prowess of the Benjamites is recorded in Judges 20. Their left-handed slingers were famous. (See also Judges 3:15 *seq.*)
**Archers.**—Literally, *treaders of the bow* (1Chronicles 5:18). The meaning is that they drew their bows by resting the foot against them, the bows being large.
**Had many sons, and sons’ sons, an h...
Read full commentary →Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--**The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 8
Genealogies.
--Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten...
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