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Chronicles Chapter Eight
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 8
In
this chapter the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin is reconsidered, and
several of the principal men and families in it are taken notice of, which were
not before; or a further account is given of them, as of the sons and grandsons
of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 8:1,
of Ehud, 1 Chronicles 8:5,
of Shaharaim, 1 Chronicles 8:8,
of Elpaal and Beriah, 1 Chronicles 8:12
of Shimhi, 1 Chronicles 8:19,
of Shashak, 1 Chronicles 8:22,
of Jeroham, 1 Chronicles 8:26,
of Jehiel the father of Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 8:28,
of Ner, and particularly Saul, 1 Chronicles 8:33
and of Jonathan, and his posterity, 1 Chronicles 8:34.
1 Chronicles
8:1 Now Benjamin
begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah[a] the third,
YLT
1And Benjamin begat Bela his
first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn,.... See 1 Chronicles 7:6.
The genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin is reviewed, because it joined and kept
close with Judah in the worship of God, went into captivity, and returned out
of it with it; and this review is made chiefly for the sake of Saul, and his
posterity, the first king of Israel, who was of it, and in whose posterity this
genealogy ends:
Ashbel the second; supposed to be the same with Jediael, 1 Chronicles 7:6,
see Genesis 46:21.
and Aharah the third; the same with Aher, 1 Chronicles 7:13,
and with Ahiram, Numbers 26:38.
1 Chronicles
8:2 2 Nohah
the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
YLT
2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha
the fifth.
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. Nohah is
supposed by some to be the same with Becher, 1 Chronicles 7:6
and by others with Naaman, Genesis 46:21, as
Rapha, the same with Rosh there.
1 Chronicles
8:3 3 The
sons of Bela were Addar,[b] Gera,
Abihud,
YLT
3And there are sons to Bela:
Addar, and Gera,
The sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud. The first of
these is thought to be the same with Ard, mentioned among the sons of Benjamin,
Genesis 46:21 but
was one of his grandsons, see Numbers 26:40 as
Gera also was.
1 Chronicles
8:4 4 Abishua,
Naaman, Ahoah,
YLT
4and Abihud, and Abishua,
and Naaman, and Ahoah,
Verse 4-5
And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, and Gera, and Shephuphan, and
Huram. These were all the sons of Bela; one of the name of Naaman is
reckoned among the sons of Benjamin, Genesis 46:21 and
from this grandson the family of the Naamanites are named, Numbers 26:40, and
Ahoah is by some thought to be the same with Ehi, mentioned in Genesis 46:21 as
one of Benjamin's sons. Some take the three last to be the sons of Ehud, spoken
of in the next verse; but Shephuphan and Huram seem to be the same with Shupham
and Hupham, Numbers 26:39.
1 Chronicles
8:5 5 Gera,
Shephuphan, and Huram.
YLT
5and Gera, and Shephuphan,
and Huram.
1 Chronicles 8:6 6 These are the sons
of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of
Geba, and who forced them to move to Manahath:
YLT
6And these [are] sons of
Ehud: they are heads of fathers to the inhabitants of Geba, and they remove
them unto Manahath;
And these are the sons of Ehud,.... Not he that was a
judge in Israel, Judges 3:15 but
perhaps a son of Huram the last mentioned; for not the three last are his sons,
as some think, but the three following in the next verse; what follows being to
be read in a parenthesis:
(these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba;) a city in the
tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:24
namely, those sons of Ehud, after mentioned, were principal men in that tribe,
and chief of the inhabitants of the city of Geba:
and they removed them to Manahath; the name of a country
referred to in 1 Chronicles 2:52
according to Jarchi, which was in the tribe of Judah; Geba being too small,
either the inhabitants of Geba removed them, or they removed themselves, or
their fathers removed them, 1 Chronicles 8:7,
or it may be read impersonally, they were removed thither for the sake of a
better habitation; the Targum adds,"to the land of the house of Esau,'to
Edom; which is not likely.
1 Chronicles 8:7 7 Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera
who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.
YLT
7and Naaman, and Ahiah, and
Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza and Ahihud.
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera,.... Or, to wit, Naaman,
&c. so the words are to be connected with
these are the sons or Ehud, in the preceding verse:
he removed them; to the above place, that is, either Gera,
or rather Ehud, he advised them, directed and enjoined them to go thither, as
being most convenient for them:
and he begat Uzza and Ahihud; after he had removed his
other sons.
1 Chronicles 8:8 8 Also Shaharaim had
children in the country of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his
wives.
YLT
8And Shaharaim begat in the
field of Moab, after his sending them away; Hushim and Baara [are] his wives.
And Shaharaim,.... Who was either a son of Ahihud, or
rather a brother of his, another son of Ehud:
begat children in the country of Moab; whither he
might go on account of the famine, as Elimelech did, 1:1,
after he had sent them away; which some understand of those that were removed
from Geba to Manahath, 1 Chronicles 8:6,
but a different word is here used; and besides Shaharaim seems to be one of
those that were removed. Kimchi takes Shilhootham, we render "had sent
them away", to be the name of his first wife, of whom he begat children in
Moab; but it seems best to render and interpret the words in connection with
what follows: he begat children in Moab:
after he had sent them away; even Hushim and Baara his wives; after he had
divorced them, for some reasons he had, he begat children of another wife,
later mentioned.
1 Chronicles 8:9 9 By Hodesh his wife he
begot Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
YLT
9And he begetteth of Hodesh
his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
And he begat of Hodesh his wife,.... That is, he, I say,
begat, namely, Shaharaim; the Targum makes this Hodesh to be the same with
Baara, called so because she was newly espoused; but wrongly: the sons begotten
of her were the seven following;
Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcham, Jeuz, Shachia, and Mirma. These were
his sons; the sons of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh:
heads of the fathers; of the houses or
families of their father.
1 Chronicles 8:10 10 Jeuz, Sachiah, and Mirmah.
These were his sons, heads of their fathers’ houses.
YLT
10and Jeuz, and Shachiah, and
Mirmah. These [are] his sons, heads of fathers.
Verse 10-11
And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. Before he sent
her away, or divorced her, 1 Chronicles 8:8.
1 Chronicles 8:11 11 And by Hushim he begot
Abitub and Elpaal.
YLT
11And of Hushim he begat
Ahitub and Elpaal.
1 Chronicles 8:12 12 The sons of Elpaal were
Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns;
YLT 12And sons of Elpaal: Eber,
and Misheam, and Shamer, (he built Ono and Lod and its small towns),
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,.... Besides
those in 1 Chronicles 8:14.
who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof; not Shamed,
but Elpaal his father, so the Targum; and the Talmudists sayF15T.
Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. & T. Bab Megillah, fol. 4. 1. So the Targum.
, these were walled cities from the days of Joshua the son of Nun, and were
destroyed in the days of the concubine in Gibea, and Elpaal came and rebuilt
them; they were inhabited by the Benjaminites, upon their return from the
Babylonish captivity, Nehemiah 11:35 they
were near to each other; according to a Jewish chronologerF16Juchasin,
fol. 39. 2. , it was three miles from the one to the other; Lod is the same
with Lydda, in Acts 9:32.
1 Chronicles 8:13 13 and Beriah and Shema, who were
heads of their fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove
out the inhabitants of Gath.
YLT
13and Beriah and Shema, (they
[are] the heads of fathers to the inhabitants of Aijalon -- they caused to flee
the inhabitants of Gath),
Beriah also, and Shema,.... These were sons of
Elpaal:
who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon; which, though
in the tribe of Dan, Joshua 19:42 might
afterwards come into the possession of Benjamin; or this may be another place
of the same name in Benjamin; or, however, might be inhabited by Benjaminites,
upon the return from captivity, who descended from those men:
who drove away the inhabitants of Gath; dispossessed
them of their city, in revenge for what they had done to the Ephraimites, 1 Chronicles 7:21.
1 Chronicles 8:14 14 Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,
YLT
14and Ahio, Shashak, and
Jeremoth,
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jerimoth. These were also sons of Elpaal.
1 Chronicles 8:15 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
YLT
15and Zebadiah, and Arad, and
Ader,
Verse 15-16
And Zebadiah,.... And all that follow in this and the
next verse were the sons of Beriah the son of Elpaal; namely:
Arad, Ader, Michael, Ispah, and Joha.
1 Chronicles 8:16 16 Michael, Ispah, and Joha were
the sons of Beriah.
YLT
16and Michael, and Ispah, and
Joha, sons of Beriah,
1 Chronicles 8:17 17 Zebadiah, Meshullam,
Hizki, Heber,
YLT
17and Zebadiah, and
Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
Verse 17-18
And Zebadiah, and Meshullam,.... These, with those
that follow:
Hezeki, Heber, Ishmerai, Jezliah, and Jobab, were the sons of
Elpaal
1 Chronicles 8:18 18 Ishmerai, Jizliah, and
Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
YLT
18and Ishmerai, and Jezliah,
and Jobab, sons of Elpaal;
1 Chronicles 8:19 19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,
YLT
19And Jakim, and Zichri, and
Zabdi,
Verses 19-21
And Jakim,.... With all the rest in these verses, namely:
Zichri, Zabdi, Elienai, Zilthai, Eliel, Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath,
were the sons of Shimhi, the same with Shema brother of Beriah, and son of Elpaal, 1 Chronicles 8:13.
1 Chronicles 8:20 20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
YLT
20and Elienai, and Zillethai,
and Eliel,
1 Chronicles 8:21 21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and
Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
YLT
21and Adaiah, and Beraiah,
and Shimrath, sons of Shimei;
1 Chronicles 8:22 22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
YLT
22And Ishpan, and Heber, and
Eliel,
Verses 22-25
And Ishpan, and Heber,.... And all that follow
to the end of these verses:
Eliel, Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, Hananiah, Elam, Antothijah,
Iphedeiah, and Penuel, were the sons of Shashak, another son of Elpaal, 1 Chronicles 8:14.
1 Chronicles 8:23 23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,
YLT
23and Abdon, and Zichri, and
Hanan,
1 Chronicles 8:24 24 Hananiah, Elam,
Antothijah,
YLT
24and Hananiah, and Elam, and
Antothijah,
1 Chronicles 8:25 25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were
the sons of Shashak.
YLT
25and Iphedeiah, and Penuel,
sons of Shashak;
1 Chronicles 8:26 26 Shamsherai, Shehariah,
Athaliah,
YLT
26And Shamsherai, and Shehariah,
and Athaliah,
Verse 26-27
And Shamsherai,.... Who, with those next mentioned:
Shehariah, Athaliah, Jaresiah, Eliah, and Zichri, were the sons
of Jeroham, who perhaps is the same with Jerimoth, another son of Elpaal, 1 Chronicles 8:14
who makes a considerable figure in this genealogy. Kimchi observes that it is a
traditionF17Shemoth Rabba, sect. 40. fol. 138. 4. that this Eliah is
Elijah the prophet, who was of the seed of Rachel.
1 Chronicles 8:27 27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and
Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.
YLT
27and Jaareshiah, and Eliah,
and Zichri, sons of Jeroham.
1 Chronicles 8:28 28 These were heads of
the fathers’ houses by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in
Jerusalem.
YLT
28These [are] heads of
fathers, by their generations, heads; these dwelt in Jerusalem.
These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men,.... All from 1 Chronicles 8:14,
the sons of Elpaal and their sons:
these dwelt in Jerusalem; part of which always
belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, see Joshua 15:63.
1 Chronicles 8:29 29 Now the father of Gibeon,
whose wife’s name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.
YLT
29And in Gibeon hath the
father of Gibeon dwelt, and the name of his wife [is] Maachah;
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon,.... The
builder of the city, and prince of the inhabitants of it, which was in the
tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25 whose
name was Jehiel, 1 Chronicles 9:35,
(whose wife's name was Maachah;) of which name were many,
see 1 Chronicles 2:48.
1 Chronicles 8:30 30 And his firstborn son was
Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
YLT
30and his son, the
first-born, [is] Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
Verse 30-31
And his firstborn son Abdon,.... That is, Jehiel's,
the father or prince of Gibeon; other sons follow:
Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher; called
Zechariah, 1 Chronicles 9:37
and between Baal and Nadab, Ner is placed, 1 Chronicles 9:36
and another son is added at the end of 1 Chronicles 9:37,
Mikloth next mentioned.
1 Chronicles 8:31 31 Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,
YLT
31and Gedor, and Ahio, and
Zacher;
1 Chronicles 8:32 32 and Mikloth, who
begot Shimeah.[c] They also
dwelt alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren.
YLT
32and Mikloth begat Shimeah.
And they also over-against their brethren dwelt in Jerusalem with their
brethren.
And Mikloth begat Shimeah,.... Called Shimeam, 1 Chronicles 9:38.
and these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over
against them; in another part of the city, right beside them.
1 Chronicles 8:33 33 Ner[d] begot
Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab,[e] and
Esh-Baal.[f]
YLT
33And Ner begat Kish, and
Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-Shua, and Abinadab, and
Esh-Baal.
And Ner begat Kish,.... Who also is called Abiel, as the Targum
here adds; for Ner had two names, as other Jewish writers likewise sayF18Vajikra
Rabba, sect. 9. fol. 152. 4. , see 1 Samuel 9:1,
and Kish begat Saul; the first king of
Israel, for whose sake chiefly the genealogy of Benjamin is revised and
enlarged in this chapter:
and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal, see 1 Samuel 31:2.
Abinadab is called Ishui, 1 Samuel 14:49 and
Eshbaal is the same with Ishbosheth, 2 Samuel 2:8, so
Baal and Bosheth are used of the same idol of which they are names, Hosea 9:10.
1 Chronicles 8:34 34 The son of Jonathan was
Merib-Baal,[g] and
Merib-Baal begot Micah.
YLT
34And a son of Jonathan [is]
Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah;
And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal,.... The same
with Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 4:4 so
Jerubbaal is called Jerubbesheth, Judges 6:32.
and Meribbaal begat Micah; called his young son in
David's time, 2 Samuel 9:12.
1 Chronicles 8:35 35 The sons of Micah were
Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
YLT
35and sons of Micah: Pithon,
and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz:
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and
Ahaz. The last but one is called Tahrea, 1 Chronicles 9:41,
where Ahaz is left out, though supplied in our version.
1 Chronicles 8:36 36 And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah;[h] Jehoaddah
begot Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza.
YLT
36and Ahaz begat Jehoadah,
and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah,.... Called Jarah, 1 Chronicles 9:42.
and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri
begat Moza; the same account is given, 1 Chronicles 9:42.
1 Chronicles 8:37 37 Moza begot Binea, Raphah[i] his son,
Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
YLT
37and Moza begat Binea,
Raphah [is] his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
And Moza begat Binea; Rapha was his son,.... Called
Rephaiah, 1 Chronicles 9:43.
Elasah his son; whose name is Eleasah, 1 Chronicles 9:43.
Azel his son.
1 Chronicles 8:38 38 Azel had six sons whose
names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and
Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
YLT
38And to Azel [are] six sons,
and these [are] their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and
Obadiah, and Hanan. All these [are] sons of Azel.
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bochim,
Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan,.... Which make the said
number:
all these were the sons of Azel; his family was large.
1 Chronicles 8:39 39 And the sons of Eshek his
brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the
third.
YLT
39And sons of Eshek his
brother: Ulam his first-born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
And the sons of Eshek his brother,.... The brother of Azel;
who he was is not known, unless he is the same with Elasah, as is conjectured:
were Ulam his
firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
1 Chronicles 8:40 40 The sons of Ulam were
mighty men of valor—archers. They had many sons and grandsons, one
hundred and fifty in all. These were all sons of Benjamin.
YLT
40And the sons of Ulam are
men mighty in valour, treading bow, and multiplying sons and son's sons, a
hundred and fifty. All these [are] of the sons of Benjamin.
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour,.... Men of
great fortitude and courage, though their names are not expressed:
archers; skilful in the use of the bow and arrows, as the Benjaminites
formerly were famous for slinging stones:
and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty; so that the
posterity of Jonathan, whose genealogy is drawn down from 1 Chronicles 8:34
hither, were very great; and greater still, according to the Vulgate Latin
version, in which the number is 150,000 in the edition of Sixtus the fifth, and
so in most MSS of that versionF19See James of the Contrariety of the
Popish Bibles, p. 294. .
all these are of the sons of Benjamin; his
posterity, whose names are given in this chapter.
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