1 Chronicles 8:20-30

20 Elienai, Zilthai, Eliel,

21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi,

22 and Ishpan, Heber, Eliel,

23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

24 Hananiah, Elam, Antothijah;

25 Iphedeiah, and Penuel, sons of Shashak,

26 and Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah;

27 and Jaresiah, Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men who dwelt in Jerusalem.

29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah,

30 and his firstborn son, Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

1 Chronicles 8:20-30 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.