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1 Chronicles 9:33-43

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33 Now these, the 1singers, the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.
34 These were heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders. These lived in Jerusalem.

Saul’s Genealogy Repeated

35 2In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah,
36 and his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth;
38 and Mikloth was the father of Shimeam; and these also lived opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.
39 3Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
40 And the son of Jonathan was 4Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
41 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and 5Ahaz. [a]
42 And Ahaz fathered 6Jarah, and Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. And Zimri fathered Moza.
43 Moza fathered Binea, and 7Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
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1 Chronicles 9:33-43 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 7

  • 1. 9:33 ch. 6:31; 25:1
  • 2. 9:35 For ver. 35-38, see ch. 8:29-32
  • 3. 9:39 For ver. 39-44, see ch. 8:33-38
  • 4. 9:40 [2 Sam. 4:4; 9:6, 10]
  • 5. 9:41 ch. 8:35
  • 6. 9:42 [ch. 8:36]
  • 7. 9:43 [ch. 8:37]

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 9:41 Compare 8:35; Hebrew lacks 'and Ahaz'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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