1 Chronicles 8:13

13 Beriah and Shema were the heads of the families who lived in Aijalon. They forced out the people living in Gath.

1 Chronicles 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 8:13

Beriah also, and Shema
These were sons of Elpaal:

who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon;
which, though in the tribe of Dan, ( Joshua 19:42 ) might afterwards come into the possession of Benjamin; or this may be another place of the same name in Benjamin; or, however, might be inhabited by Benjaminites, upon the return from captivity, who descended from those men:

who drove away the inhabitants of Gath;
dispossessed them of their city, in revenge for what they had done to the Ephraimites, ( 1 Chronicles 7:21 ) .

1 Chronicles 8:13 In-Context

11 He and Hushim were the parents of Abitub and Elpaal.
12 Elpaal's sons were Eber, Misham, and Shemed (who built Ono, Lod, and Lod's villages).
13 Beriah and Shema were the heads of the families who lived in Aijalon. They forced out the people living in Gath.
14 Their brothers were Shashak and Jeremoth.
15 Beriah's sons were Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
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