1 Chronicles 9:35-44

Saul's Genealogy Repeated

35 ¹In 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 ²Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

40 And the son of Jonathan was ³Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

41 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and ⁴Ahaz.^[a]

42 And Ahaz fathered ⁵Jarah, and Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. And Zimri fathered Moza.

43 Moza fathered Binea, and ⁶Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

44 Azel had six sons and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.

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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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

1. For ver. 35-38, see 1 Chronicles 8:29-32
2. For ver. 39-44, see 1 Chronicles 8:33-38
3. [2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:6, 10]
4. 1 Chronicles 8:35
5. [1 Chronicles 8:36]
6. [1 Chronicles 8:37]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Compare 8:35; Hebrew lacks and Ahaz

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