1 Chronicles 8:25-35

25 and Yifdeyah, and Penu'el, the sons of Shashak,

26 and Shamsherai, and Shecharyah, and `Atalyah,

27 and Ya`areshyah, and Eliyah, and Zikhri, the sons of Yerocham.

28 These were heads of fathers' [houses] throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Yerushalayim.

29 In Giv`on there lived the father of Giv`on, [Ye`i'el], whose wife's name was Ma`akhah;

30 and his firstborn son `Avdon, and Tzur, and Kish, and Ba`al, and Nadav,

31 and Gedor, and Achyo, and Zekher.

32 Miklot became the father of Shim`a. They also lived with their brothers in Yerushalayim, over against their brothers.

33 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Sha'ul; and Sha'ul became the father of Yonatan, and Malki-Shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba`al.

34 The son of Yonatan was Meriv-Ba`al; and Meriv-Ba`al became the father of Mikhah.

35 The sons of Mikhah: Piton, and Melekh, and Ta'rea, and Achaz.

1 Chronicles 8:25-35 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.