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1 Chronicles 8:24-34

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24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
25 Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
27 Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.
28 All these were heads of families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.
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.
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1 Chronicles 8:24-34 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

  • 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

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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