King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 8:3 Mean?
“And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, Addar: or, Ard.Gen.26.21”
Context
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Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
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Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
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And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, Addar: or, Ard.Gen.26.21
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And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
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And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. Shephuphan: or, Shupham.Num.26.39
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**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 walls appears to be still extant in the rude pathway which crosses the mouth of the Tyropæon, on a mound hard by the old mulberry tree, which marks the traditional spot of Isaiah's martyrdom [Robinson]. It is probable that the besiegers had overlooked this pass.
**the king went ... toward the plain--**that is, the Ghor, or valley of Jordan, estimated at five hours' distance from Jerusalem. The plain near Jericho is about eleven or twelve miles broad.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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