1 Chronicles 8:23-33

23 Abdon, Zicri, Hanan,

24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zicri were the sons of Jeroham.

28 These were the leaders of the ancestral clans; they were listed in their genealogical records, and they all lived in Jerusalem.

29 Jeiel (the father of Gibeon) lived in the town of Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

30 and his oldest son was named Abdon. Jeiel’s other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

31 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah,

32 and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeam. All these families lived near each other in Jerusalem.

33 Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chronicles 8:23-33 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. As in some Greek manuscripts (see also 9:35 ); Hebrew lacks Jeiel.
• [b]. Or the founder of.
• [c]. As in some Greek manuscripts (see also 9:36 ); Hebrew lacks Ner.
• [d]. As in parallel text at 9:37 ; Hebrew reads Zeker, a variant spelling of Zechariah.
• [e]. As in parallel text at 9:38 ; Hebrew reads Shimeah, a variant spelling of Shimeam.