1 Chronicles 9:35-44

Saul's Family

35 Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maacah.
36 Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 Mikloth fathered Shimeam. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem with their [other] relatives.
39 Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
40 Jonathan's son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
41 Micah's sons: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.[a]
42 Ahaz fathered Jarah; Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri fathered Moza.
43 Moza fathered Binea. His son was Rephaiah, his son Eleasah, and his son Azel.
44 Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were Azel's sons.

1 Chronicles 9:35-44 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 9

The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1Ch 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1Ch 9:2-9, of the priests, 1Ch 9:10-13 of the Levites, and of the charge and offices of several of the priests and Levites, 1Ch 9:14-34, and the chapter is concluded with a repetition of the genealogy of the ancestors and posterity of Saul king of Israel, 1Ch 9:35-44.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg, Arabic; MT omits and Ahaz; 1 Ch 8:35
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