1 Chronicles 8:1-10

A Genealogy of Saul

1 ¹Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, ²Aharah the third,

2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

3 And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

4 Abishua, ³Naaman, Ahoah,

5 Gera, ⁴Shephuphan, and Huram.

6 These are the sons of Ehud (they were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried into exile to ⁵Manahath):

7 Naaman,^[a] Ahijah, and Gera, that is, Heglam,^[b] who fathered Uzza and Ahihud.

8 And Shaharaim fathered sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.

9 He fathered sons by Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

10 Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.

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1 Chronicles 8:1-10 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 5

1. [1 Chronicles 7:6; Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38]
2. [1 Chronicles 7:12]
3. Numbers 26:40
4. [1 Chronicles 7:12]
5. [1 Chronicles 2:52, 54]

Footnotes 2

[a]. Hebrew and Naaman
[b]. Or he carried them into exile

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