1 Chronicles 8:20-30

20 Eli-e'nai, Zil'lethai, Eli'el,

21 Adai'ah, Berai'ah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shim'e-i.

22 Ishpan, Eber, Eli'el,

23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

24 Hanani'ah, Elam, Anthothi'jah,

25 Iphdei'ah, and Penu'el were the sons of Shashak.

26 Sham'sherai, Shehari'ah, Athali'ah,

27 Ja-areshi'ah, Eli'jah, and Zichri were the sons of Jero'ham.

28 These were the heads of fathers' houses, according to their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

29 Je-i'el the father of Gibeon dwelt in Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Ma'acah.

30 His first-born son: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Ba'al, 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.