1 Chronicles 9:35-44

Saul’s Genealogy Repeated

35 And [these] lived in Gibeon: Jeiel the father of Gibeon. And the name of his wife [was] Maacah.

36 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

38 And Mikloth fathered Shimeam. And they also lived nearby their brothers in Jerusalem with their brothers.

39 And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

40 And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribaal. And Meribaal fathered Micah.

41 And the sons of Micah [were] Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, [and Ahaz.]

42 And Ahaz fathered Jarah, and Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. And Zimri fathered Moza,

43 and Moza fathered Binea; and Rephaiah [was] his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

44 And Azel had six sons, and these [are] their names: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These [were] the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 9:35-44 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 9

The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1Ch 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1Ch 9:2-9, of the priests, 1Ch 9:10-13 of the Levites, and of the charge and offices of several of the priests and Levites, 1Ch 9:14-34, and the chapter is concluded with a repetition of the genealogy of the ancestors and posterity of Saul king of Israel, 1Ch 9:35-44.

Footnotes

• [a]. The name is drawn from 1 Chronicles 8:35; it has dropped out of the text here