1 Chronicles 8:29-40

29 Jeiel[a] the father[b] of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maakah,
30 and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner,[c] Nadab,
31 Gedor, Ahio, Zeker
32 and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.
33 Ner was the father of Kish, Kish the father of Saul, and Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.[d]
34 The son of Jonathan: Merib-Baal,[e] who was the father of Micah.
35 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melek, Tarea and Ahaz.
36 Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.
37 Moza was the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.
38 Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39 The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second son and Eliphelet the third.
40 The sons of Ulam were brave warriors who could handle the bow. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 8:29-40 Meaning and Commentary

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, 1Ch 8:1-5, of Ehud, 1Ch 8:5-7, of Shaharaim, 1Ch 8:8-11, of Elpaal and Beriah, 1Ch 8:12-18 of Shimhi, 1Ch 8:19-21, of Shashak, 1Ch 8:22-25, of Jeroham, 1Ch 8:26,27, of Jehiel the father of Gibeon, 1Ch 8:28-32, of Ner, and particularly Saul, 1Ch 8:33 and of Jonathan, and his posterity, 1Ch 8:34-40.

Cross References 8

  • 1. S Joshua 9:3
  • 2. S 1 Samuel 28:19
  • 3. S 1 Samuel 9:1
  • 4. 1 Samuel 14:49
  • 5. S 2 Samuel 2:8
  • 6. S 2 Samuel 9:12
  • 7. S 2 Samuel 4:4; S 2 Samuel 21:7-14
  • 8. S Numbers 26:38

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:35); Hebrew does not have "Jeiel."
  • [b]. "Father" may mean "civic leader" or "military leader."
  • [c]. Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:36); Hebrew does not have "Ner."
  • [d]. Also known as "Ish-Bosheth"
  • [e]. Also known as "Mephibosheth"
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