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1 Chronicles 8:28-38

Listen to 1 Chronicles 8:28-38
28 These were heads of the fathers' houses by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 Now the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.
30 And his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
31 Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,
32 and Mikloth, who begot Shimeah. They also dwelt alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren.
33 Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.
34 The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
35 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
36 And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza.
37 Moza begot Binea, Raphah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
38 Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 8:28-38 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.

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Footnotes 7

  • [a] Spelled Shimeam in 1 Chronicles 9:38
  • [b] Also the son of Gibeon (compare 1 Chronicles 9:36, 39)
  • [c] Called Jishui in 1 Samuel 14:49
  • [d] Also the son of Gibeon (compare 1 Chronicles 9:36, 39)
  • [e] Called Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel 4:4
  • [f] Spelled Jarah in 1 Chronicles 9:42
  • [g] Spelled Rephaiah in 1 Chronicles 9:43
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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