King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 8:31 Mean?
“And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. Zacher: or, Zechariah.IChr.9.37”
Context
29
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon ; whose wife's name was Maachah: father: called Jehiel,IChro.9.35
30
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. Zacher: or, Zechariah.IChr.9.37
32
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
33
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
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(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 begins with the same words. (See 1Chronicles 9:33.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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